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Once the home of a hermetic monk, this cave now houses a small church.

A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.

A 19th-century artistocrat's mansion, turned into a library, hidden in a modern library.

This fantastical icy castle is built anew every winter.

Rent out a glass igloo to watch the Northern Lights like you live in the future.

An old limestone mine transformed into a beautiful and unusual sculpture museum.

Despite attempts by local police to discourage it, Beatles-inspired graffiti has been a means for artists to air grievances for decades.

A church filled with the bones of hundreds of virgins martyrs—or so they say.

An elegant chandelier hangs over this ancient sewer chamber, now open for concerts and public tours.

A fountain standing as a testament to a doomed alliance.

This crumbling medieval basilica once attracted pilgrims by the thousands to collect a miraculous dust that formed above the saint's tomb.

Five sultans and their families rest in eternal splendor, teeming with overlooked beauty and drama.

These tombs were built into the side of a mountain so that ancient angels could reach the dead.

Roman ruins top white travertine terraces formed by ancient hot springs.

In this historic region, homes and churches are carved into ancient volcanic rock formations.

This seaside sanctuary was once one of the most important religious sites for women in ancient Greece.

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

A magical, if a bit tacky, 1960s castle conjures up medieval fairytales and Greek mythology.

This little Greek plateau is home to thousands of rustic, white-sailed windmills.

One of the largest single-span stone-arch bridges in the Balkans looks like something straight out of a fairytale.

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

This remarkable cave was discovered after a shepherd watched bees enter and exit through a small fissure.

The railway carts travelers to central Athens's highest peak, which offers stunning vistas of the city.

This ancient hydrological marvel is now the base of a modern outdoor cinema.