The only quarter of the Old City not dedicated to a major world religion.

An ancient underground cultic temple where sunlight penetrates on the summer solstice.

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

As the Dead Sea continues to deplete, massive sinkholes open along its banks.

A "miracle" that seems to produce more holy fistfights than holy revelations.

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.

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

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

A Circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

The collection of 80+ pieces created between the years 1100 and 1500 is intended to be seen, heard, smelled, touched, and tasted.

Like Mardi Gras, only everyone's a pirate.

This necropolis is home to eclectic funerary art and is the final resting place for much of the city's nobility.

Something about this Brazilian city is slightly askew... literally.

This Brazilian town built by Freemasons is full of colonial Masonic architecture and symbolic imagery.

A snake farm famous for its venemous varieties.

A 125-meter long "tribute to the Brazilian people."

The remains of a British railway rusting in the jungle mist of a Brazilian mountainside.

A huge boat-shaped hotel with a blood red pool and other oddities.

One of São Paulo's tight urban intersections has become a haven for graffiti artists ever since a single Batman started the trend.

The bookstore with bookshelves built into unlikely places.

This somber statue remembers the enslaved women who were forced to nurse their owners' babies.

This park feels like a lush little jungle full of wildlife nestled within São Paulo.

This singular art museum in São Paulo is unique inside and out.

The pedestrian traffic signals in Brazil's teeming metropolis light up with clues to nearby landmarks.