The mummified right fist of a 1,000-year-old saint-king sits inside an ornate golden reliquary.

Uh, pardon me, ma'am, but I couldn't help noticing that there's a Columbo statue in the middle of Budapest.

Hungarian mummies in beautiful painted coffins.

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

This Hungarian castle was built out of cardboard and wood until it proved so popular that it got upgraded to stone.

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

This striking sculpture of Icarus honors Greece's fallen flyers.

Built by the Ancient Greeks, this chariot bridge is still in use today.

A lonely medieval monastery on an uninhabited island.

This beehive tomb built for royalty sat hidden for over 3,000 years.

A little-known park with unusual, half-ruined structures and a mystical energy.

This ancient statue of Dionysus lies unfinished and abandoned in one of Greece's oldest quarries.

A miniature desert appears out of nowhere on the lush isle of Lemnos, like something out of a Greek myth.

The ruined doorway is a portal to the building's turbulent and torturous past.

This smily stone feline is meant to represent a mythical lion that almost destroyed the island of Kea.

Every spring, locals see the shadowy figures of a ghost army of slain Greek soldiers descend upon this ruined fort.

This small 16th-century church in Athens is almost entirely surrounded by a modern building.

Local lore says two enemy dragons live within these breathtaking mountain lakes.

The ruins of an ancient Roman tomb hidden in the basement of a trendy clothing store.

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

The oldest cemetery of modern-day Athens blends the modern and ancient worlds.

The abandoned summer estate of the former Greek Royal Family.

The ruins of this monumental city founded by the first Roman Emperor are strangely overlooked by most travelers.

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