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

A 2,000-year-old wine press hidden in an overlooked park in Tel Aviv.

The Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in the ruins of this ancient monastic community.

Neighborhood in Jerusalem is home to the ultra-orthodox haredim.

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

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

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

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

This historic rec center in the heart of Israel is a bastion of peace and togetherness.

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

The remains of this ancient fortress atop a manmade hill look as though they were built into a volcano.

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

The tallest waterfall in the Judean Desert is named for its connection to a biblical figure.

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

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

A small side chapel in Santa Fe's basilica is home to the oldest statute of the Virgin Mary in North America.

This little slice of old Jerusalem in Oklahoma is the evolution of a century-old passion play.

American bison herd descending directly from a Bronx Zoo breeding program that saved the species from extinction.

Once the smallest park in the national system.

Built from oil field parts and resembling a teepee, this abandoned mid-century church is hoping for a comeback.

Tucked away on an empty wooded lot in suburban Oklahoma City lie the remnants of an abandoned circus camp.

The future of roadside attractions is this sci-fi soda mecca that is home to a 66-foot tall neon pop bottle.

Sitting in the arguable birthplace of the Wild West, this museum holds the largest collection of bronco busting bric-a-brac in the world.

An immersive art experience built by local arts collaborative, Factory Obscura, in the building formerly known as The Womb, a psychedelic arts center founded by the frontman of the Flaming Lips.