The only surviving choragic monument is a trophy awarded in 334 BC for the winning dramatic chorus.

These caves secretly held national treasures during World War II.

Gladiators once walked this ancient, subterranean passage.

A man's head is enshrined beneath a statue near the first building constructed for the modern Olympic Games.

Legend says this sacred tree was a gift from goddess Athena.

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

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

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

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

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

This well-preserved Cistercian Abbey in a romantic pastoral setting has inspired artists like the poet Wordsworth.

This tree was grafted from the actual tree that led Isaac Newton to ponder the theory of gravity.

This historic castle is one of the oldest and most impressive in all of Japan.

See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.

Is this cat asleep or just pretending?

This enormous monument is one of the most iconic structures in Tokyo, rudely nicknamed "The Golden Turd."

This giant seated Bhudda of Healing dates to the 1780s.

Narrow passes cut out of mountains surround the medieval capital of Japan.

Japan's largest collection of Western-style mansions in the port city of Kobe includes a recreation of Sherlock Holmes' 221B Baker Street quarters.

This 14th-century temple is also known as the "Temple of the Golden Pavilion" for its gorgeous gilded reliquary hall.

This sawtooth mountain range still bears the strangely lovely marks of its history as a medieval quarry.

This little replica of Lady Liberty provides a bit of NYC in a Japanese city.

A remarkable lava formation encloses a line of Buddhist statues that can't be accurately counted, according to local mythology.

A bronze statue dating back as far as 1252, still has remnants of gold on its right cheek from ancient gilding.