The historic tower houses of this nearly abandoned Greek town have been compared to the spikes on an iguana's back.

This 13th-century monastery chiseled into the side of a mountain is equipped with a bridge that can be lifted to protect against raids.

The rocky remains of an ancient Greek forest.

This medieval "painted village" is famous for its geometric facades.

This abandoned Greek island was the last active leper colony in Europe.

This secret coastal village is studded with pastel-colored houses all piled on top of one another.

A small island with shimmering pink sands, home to loggerhead turtles and rare plants.

Poseidon? No one seems to know.

An alien landscape on the banks of the Aegean Sea.

Hideout of thieves, monks, and goat-footed gods.

Replicas of Apollo's leonine stone guard cats still line a sacred row in Greece.

A sharp sculpture made of thousands of pieces of jagged glass.

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

According to myth, Zeus himself was hidden in this cave to escape being eaten by his dad.

A quirky bookstore hidden beneath a sea of whitewashed Greek villas.

Giant marble phalluses on the sacred island of antiquity.

The Cycladic architecture makes this Athens neighborhood feel like an island paradise hidden in the shadow of the Acropolis.

This legendary city has been a tourist attraction for centuries.

Perched on a spindly rock spire in a Greek archipelago, this lighthouse would make a perfect wizard's tower.

Monasteries on rock pillars, once accessible only by frayed ropes.

Hidden in a secluded Greek cove is a pristine beach marred only by the rusting smuggler's hulk stranded on its shores.

A spectacular cave and a beguiling lake.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

The ruins of an abandoned crematorium haunt an eerie deserted German cemetery.