The abandoned shell of what would have been the Jordanian royal family's summer palace.

This ancient village is peopled by a religious minority and is still using some of the same materials it was built with thousands of years ago.

This 1939 grave of a British soldier now receives legions of unlikely visitors.

One of only two towns in Israel populated by Circassians, a sect of Sunni Muslims who are also devoted to Israeli military service.

Idol made by King Jeroboam for the Israelites.

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

This subterranean funicular is one of the world's smallest subways.

Hidden out of public view in the National Library of Israel is a collection of "Stalag's," 1960s Nazi themed porno paperbacks written and consumed by Israelis.

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.

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