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

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

This nightmarish children's plaything was left grotesque to help kids conquer their fear.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

You can row a boat through this ancient underground reservoir.

150 or so scrounged-up lamps, chandeliers, and lanterns light up this alley in central Athens.

This small chapel holds the mummified heart of one of the heroes of the Greek Revolution.

A former factory serves as a shrine to the industry that sustained Santorini for decades.

These abandoned salt flats are now a haven for wildlife.

This sixth-century church housed an icon with eyes so beautiful legend has it they inspired the name of a Greek city.

A Byzantine church containing the holy remnants of three saints sits atop the site of an ancient temple.

Scores of wax baby figurines add an unusual mood to this beautiful church on the Greek coast.

Get hands on with the technological marvels of the Classical world.

This 18th-century former mosque held the first Hellenic Parliament.