An ancient octagonal weather station named for the eight Greek gods of wind.

Giant marble phalluses on the sacred island of antiquity.

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

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

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

A Bronze age settlement on the Greek island of Santorini might have been the inspiration for Plato's Atlantis.

A minotaur, a labyrinth, and a dubious restoration pull in visitors from around the world.

A 2,000-year-old computer demonstrates remarkable engineering and astronomical precision.

This legendary city has been a tourist attraction for centuries.

This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.

A spectacular cave and a beguiling lake.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

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

The fantastic charm of England's oldest botanical garden has made it a place of writerly inspiration for centuries.

Stained-glass windows inspired by Vincent van Gogh's paintings decorate this church in the town where the artist's career began.

Nestled in the woods lies this land art project: a hybrid between park, maze and natural monument.

This museum is filled with an eclectic collection of unique inventions.

A journey through 430 years of bulbiculture in the Netherlands.

This old KLM airplane cut into three parts was transformed into an eclectic airport gift shop.

This Dutch art piece became a Russian icon.

The history of sea-faring refuse and disaster is on cramped display in this Netherlands folk museum.

Lombardy poplars planted to imitate the size and shape of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Reims.

A miniature city, once ruled by the Queen of the Netherlands.

A collection of biblical memorabilia.