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This post-Ottoman era church in Athens was built by locals to serve the residents of Anafiotica

An ancient Greek monument and a Byzantine church coexist inside this cave.

Public water fountains built during the Ottoman Era still stand throughout this seaside town.

This building was once the most magnificent mansion in Nafplio.

This church is dedicated to the patron saint of seafarers.

This building served as the first customs house in modern Greece.

This 15th-century island fortress later served as home to the executioners no one wanted to live near.

This slumbering beast honors the Bavarian soldiers who died in Greece during a 19th-century typhoid outbreak.

Step inside an ancient beehive tomb built for a mysterious cult hero.

Luminaries of all stripes have sipped strong Greek coffee at this cafe since 1839.

Legend says it was constructed with the destroyed pillar of an ancient Greek Temple.

Where commuters walk through remnants of an ancient Greek necropolis.

This wrecked ghost ship has been rusting on a Greek beach since the 1980s.

A cave network located at the southernmost tip of mainland Greece was once believed to be an entrance to Hades.

The top of the holy mountain for the ancient Spartans looks like a pyramid—is it man-made or a natural phenomenon?

Modernist design and funerary customs meet Spartan traditions in this one-of-a-kind graveyard.

A gigantic mechanical bull rages over unsuspecting passengers at Birmingham’s central station.

A collection of windows created by two of the foremost leaders in the British Arts and Crafts Movement.

A collection of historic buildings in central Birmingham blend seamlessly into the cityscape but have an interesting story to tell.

The largest public library in the United Kingdom was designed to reflect the industrial and artistic history of the city where it stands.

This ingenious engineering solution was built to stop the "theft" of canal water.

A small alleyway with an unusual moniker.

This eye-catching roundabout sculpture commemorates one of England's best World War II-era "shadow factories."

The star-studded street honors the city's most notable Brummies.