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

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

Tel Aviv's popular neighborhood went though endless waves of transformation.

Outstanding taxidermy dioramas showcase the grandeur of the continent's wildlife with spooky realism.

Celebrate Earth Day with a menagerie of vibrant, artistic animal costumes.

Creating this diorama spurred naturalist Carl Akeley to begin advocating to protect the apes.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.

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

The maze-like transportation hub contains abandoned areas, derelict stores, and a resident bat colony.

America's oldest Eastern European synagogue provided the immigrants of crowded Lower East Side tenements a space of sanctuary.

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

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

Tenacious mummies survived dental problems, eternal entombment, and more than their fair share of devastating fires.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.

Recovered from the brink of extinction, at home in the Financial District.

Over 315,000 preserved amphibians and reptiles in jars.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

A remote desert lookout offers unparalleled views of the California badlands for those who brave the trek.

Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.