Traditional Bedouin crafting has become an official tourist site and successful industry for its female craftspeople.

Idol made by King Jeroboam for the Israelites.

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

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

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.

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

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

A Buddhist temple to honor insects that died for science.

The oldest hotel in the world has been operated by the same family for over 1,300 years, even catering to samurai.

Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.

Oddly touching memorial to a little-remembered nuclear tragedy.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

One of the first hotel rooms in a pod.

Japanese national treasure originally built in 593 CE.

This enormous "shamoji" means more to the people of Miyajima than just a way getting rice onto a plate.

Hanging over one of Japan's "hidden valleys," these vine bridges must be remade every three years.

This faux-seedy Japanese arcade is made up to look like a maze of alleys straight out of a cyberpunk dystopia.

Hot springs monkey spa in the middle of Hell's Valley.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.

After a profound show of devotion for his master, a dog becomes the symbol of loyalty for an entire nation.