An ancient underground cultic temple where sunlight penetrates on the summer solstice.

This "Jewish Sistine Chapel" was designed to reinvigorate Judaism's artistic legacy but was almost lost to misguided restoration.

A modern-day cabinet of curiosities housed in a 300-year-old inn.

A sprawling ancient Jewish cemetery with over 30 rock-hewn burial caves.

A Biblically notable site over the ruins of an ancient city that is now a protected World Heritage site.

A magical oasis in the middle of the Negev Desert.

This tree was extinct for a thousand years before sprouting again from a 2,000-year-old seed.

Squeezing inside this deep, narrow canyon reveals a festival of desert colors.

A massive, heart-shaped, wind-carved crater in the middle of the Israeli desert.

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

The most peaceful "country" in the Middle East.

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.

This amazing ancient cave was kept secret for seven years to protect it from the public.

A 2,000-year-old wine press hidden in an overlooked park in Tel Aviv.

Submerged ruins of a Neolithic coastal settlement, where houses, wells, graves and skeletons have been unearthed.

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

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

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

These numerous Israeli caves were dug out over hundreds years for reasons ranging from hideouts to burial sites.

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

You can row a boat through this ancient underground reservoir.

World's largest barrel containing an inn.

One of the most well-known city festivals in the world.

A kindergarten shaped like a cat with a tail that's a slide.