Duluth mineral magnates built this charming art deco lodge to be their private clubhouse.

America's silhouette includes 100 square miles of wilderness jutting into Canada thanks to an old mapmaking error.

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This lab's maddening silence is good for business but bad for sanity.

This daunting 1st century fortress was purportedly the site of one of the most dramatic revolts of the Jewish-Roman wars.

Biblical beasts and endangered animal preservation come together in this Israeli zoo.

This archaeological site was the center of the extinct Yarmukian culture which developed the first roads and pottery in Israel.

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.

Neighborhood in Jerusalem is home to the ultra-orthodox haredim.

Hidden beneath a washing machine in a fake kibbutz, this secret bullet factory has been preserved as a museum.

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

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

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

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

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

This unique exhibit "Dialogue in the Dark" reverses roles as the visionless become guides and the sighted become ‘blind.’

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

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.

Underwater restaurant at the coral reefs of Eilat.

The preserved arm of a third-century sorcerer is believed to have the power to lift curses and spells.

One of the oldest churches in Romania is believed to have been built on the site of a pagan temple.

Once an opulent Art Nouveau hotspot, the Constanța Casino is one of Romania's most beautiful abandoned buildings.

One of the few guarded stops along the great spice route.