The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

Trick water gardens from 1619 featuring a 200 piece mechanical theater powered by water.

This one-time health resort was used by aristocrats around the world.

Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.

These sacred Mesoamerican ruins feature peculiar petroglyphs hidden in the stones.

The stoutest tree in the world.

The world's tallest aluminum statue is also the world's tallest image of a winged Virgin Mary.

Legend says if this neo-Gothic basilica is ever officially completed, the world will come to an end.

Quito's historic, main square dates back to the 16th century.

It took 160 years to complete the most ornate church in Ecuador.

The gondolas let you glimpse a bird's-eye view of one of the world's highest capital cities.

A swing to dangle you off the very edge.

A crumbling cathedral condemned by an earthquake.

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

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

The mosaic floor of a 4th-century synagogue features a pagan zodiac wheel alongside traditional images of a Torah ark and menorahs.

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

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.

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

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

Known as the "Valley of the Moon," this Jordanian wadi is one of the most amazing desertscapes on Earth.

A ghost village sits atop a mountain within Jordan’s largest biosphere reserve.