The water here is so clear you can see the mysteriously sunken ship from the surface.

An otherworldly alpine pasture with its own unique microculture that recalls Middle Earth.

A wondrous old library overlooking the nation's capital.

A Bibliophile's Dream.

This shop for all your super spy needs hides an educational secret.

Fittingly, America's museum of architecture is itself a magnificently designed old building.

A girls' boarding school inspired by the Chicago World's Fair, once abandoned, now restored to strange and scenic glory.

Half-sized replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa built to honor Galileo.

This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.

The subtle science of a master molecular gastronomist.

Ghost Town in the Demilitarized Zone of the Golan Heights.

Tens of thousands of rocks make up what is thought to be a giant star calendar.

This sixth-century synagogue was first reconstructed digitally, then in real life.

Deep in the Negev Desert, the world's tallest solar tower looks like a sight straight out of science fiction.

A magical oasis in the middle of the Negev Desert.

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

The most peaceful "country" in the Middle East.

A secluded fortress from the days of the Crusades that offers breathtaking views.

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

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

This marvelous work of outsider architecture is built into the cliffs of an Israeli beach.

Israel's first dedicated natural history museum is home to 5 million specimens and still growing.

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

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