Places DeniseG Wants to Go

Saddle up to Israel's only cowboy-themed bar for a hearty (and kosher) steak.

Ghost Town in the Demilitarized Zone of the Golan Heights.

Two innocuous monuments found in separate locations attempt to unite a city.

An elegant garden commemorating the 1841 visit from apostle and missionary, Orson Hyde.

The abandoned shell of what would have been the Jordanian royal family's summer palace.

Located within one of Israel's most picturesque monasteries is also the country's first meteorological research station.

One of the few guarded stops along the great spice route.

This ancient village is peopled by a religious minority and is still using some of the same materials it was built with thousands of years ago.

Oldest Protestant church in the Middle East, designed to resemble a synagogue.

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

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

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

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

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