This theater opened in 1998, but both the building and the puppeteers who perform there have a distinguished history.

The floor of the oldest surviving synagogue in the Americas is entirely covered in sand.

A 19th-century mansion with a Gothic entrance in the center of Pune.

What started as a way to address damp basement walls turned into a house filled with intricate hand-carved designs.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

Chilly air billows out from the entrance of an abandoned mine on a steep hillside, providing a refuge for Ice Age fauna and flora.

Generations of rockhounds got their start at this beloved, historic mine.

Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.

Longest road tunnel in the world features an air treatment plant and the illusion of daylight.

Research station devoted to mysterious floating lights seen in a Norwegian valley.

The only sea in the world that has no land boundary.

Underwater restaurant at the coral reefs of Eilat.

This site honors an Israeli cargo ship that was destroyed by the government in 1948.

This wooden home was built in West Virginia by a Scottish immigrant before being moved to an Israeli winery.

This ancient tomb in the West Bank is a holy site for Jews, Muslims, and Christians alike.

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

One of only three fountains created by the iconic architect Friedensreich Hundertwasser.

An ancient tunnel in Jerusalem built to redirect water in the event of a siege is one of history’s great architectural innovations.

Through a collection of modern bric-a-brac this museum tells the story of the Jewish people from Biblical times to today.

It took a lifetime to collect these mechanical musical wonders.

The world's only official college program focused on "clown therapy."

A magical oasis in the middle of the Negev Desert.

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.