The most peaceful "country" in the Middle East.

The home of the Dead Sea Scrolls is an abstract modernist dream.

The bluer than blue waters in these natural Israeli caves are reached via the world's steepest cable car.

A bathhouse from the second Islamic Caliphate decorated with frescoes of constellations, pleasure gardens, and naked ladies.

The most gigantic, swoony, intimidating trio of fingers in all of antiquity.

Gladiators battle and chariots race daily in the ruins of a once-great Roman city.

A more chill but no less fascinating version of the famous ancient archeological site.

Mummies preserved naturally for seven centuries.

Modern museum, designed for Jihadi tourists.

After this one-of-a-kind palace was built the architect's hands are said to have been cut off to keep it that way.

A monumental underground karstic wonderland is also the water source for over a million citizens of Beirut.

This fairy tale forest hides scenes from some of the more obscure and bizarre Western nursery stories.

A beautifully eclectic mix of architectural styles.

A garden of flying flowers.

A once-magnificent collegiate church is falling into ruin.

The former home of a trailblazing surrealist is still filled with haunting dolls and grim paintings.

This collection of solar timekeepers includes the world's first digital sundial.

Where Aleister Crowley attempted to seize the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn in a mask and a kilt.

Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.

Charles Babbage's proto-computer, painstakingly brought to life.

A clock designed to run with perfect accuracy for 10,000 years.

The sixth of London's "Magnificent Seven" cemeteries, and a source of unlikely inspiration to Beatrix Potter.

Catacombs turned marketplace.

A 1,215-foot tunnel transports pedestrians beneath the River Thames.