This one-window stand has been home to a giant vat of slowly simmering meats and an array of unique tacos for almost 50 years.

In this beloved beach town, a secret seafood haven lies tucked behind a car wash.

150 or so scrounged-up lamps, chandeliers, and lanterns light up this alley in central Athens.

An important example of architectural history slowly decays in the city center.

This Byzantine Church was moved from Paris to Athens block by block.

The only ancient site that remains on the south bank of the sacred Ilissos river.

There are many Byzantine-era churches still standing in Athens, but this is the only one with a 2,500-year-old column rising through its roof.

A crushed gate and giant bronze head serve as a reminder of Greece's fight for freedom.

Scars of this building's past life as a violent prison still cover its walls.

A Byzantine-era church hidden in a wooded area below the Acropolis.

The oldest standing Byzantine church in Athens is tucked within a monastery in the middle of an upscale shopping district.

This gem is often wrongly overshadowed by the larger, newer Metropolis church in Athens.

Where commuters walk through remnants of an ancient Greek necropolis.

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

The only quarter of the Old City not dedicated to a major world religion.

This futuristic building is yet another architectural wonder in Dubai.

A faithful reproduction of Al-Jazari's enormous water clock.

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

Heralded as the world's first theater, these ruins are often overlooked as they reside in the shadows of the Acropolis.

This mystical orb covered in strange symbols is thought to have been used in ancient Greek magical rituals.

A Victorian garden in a harsh climate at the border of the prairies and foothills of the Canadian Rockies.