The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

Every Christmas, one Arizona city makes the most of its dry climate by creating an arid desert tannenbaum.

This cairn marks the only place where Central European Time, Eastern European Time, and Further-eastern European Time meet.

The deepest hole drilled in the name of science, where evidence of Precambrian life was found.

Roughly 17 million letters to Santa have found their way to this Arctic Circle post office.

Hidden deep in a forest is this geological wonder carved by glaciers.

Legend has this precariously placed rock was placed by giants. Science has another explanation.

A replica of the home of a famous fictional troll family.

The tallest lighthouse in the Nordic countries was also the site of a bloody World War II battle.

An abstract monument to a symphonic composer.

Finnish lake, and scene of an infamous murder mystery.

Crawling into this primordial cave may feel disconcertingly familiar.

The Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in the ruins of this ancient monastic community.

The remains of this ancient fortress atop a manmade hill look as though they were built into a volcano.

Through a collection of modern bric-a-brac this museum tells the story of the Jewish people from Biblical times to today.

Sitting right on the border between East and West Jerusalem this modern art museum is in itself a symbol of Israel's hoped-for unity.

An ancient quarry rediscovered by a dog and claimed by biblical kings, a German cult, and the Freemasons.

This family tattoo parlor has been inking religious pilgrims in the Middle East for 700 years.

Descend 2,030 years into the past in an ancient tunnel built to support Jerusalem's most famous wall.

An ancient tunnel in Jerusalem built to redirect water in the event of a siege is one of history’s great architectural innovations.

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