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

The most peaceful "country" in the Middle East.

This unassuming oasis elevated just above the busy streets of Jerusalem offers one of the best views of the Old City.

This singular Irish dolmen is more Frank Lloyd Wright than upright stonehenge.

A restaurant with an extensive Irish whiskey bar also has several first editions of famous works by Irish authors.

This ancient Irish tower could easily have stood in for Rapunzel's prison.

An Irish cemetery filled with victims of political strife and violent conflict, including the grave of Bobby Sands.

For part of the year, this innovative greenhouse is painted white to keep the plants from getting scorched.

Mortarless walls that stretch for miles are a lovely solution for creating grazing land in the harsh terrain of the Aran Islands.

A steam trawler with a whiskey-soaked history driven ashore in 1960 resides rusty but still standing on the shoreline.

The ruins of an abandoned medieval city where the last Byzantine emperor was crowned.

This wrecked ghost ship has been rusting on a Greek beach since the 1980s.

Ruins of a 13th-century fortress perched above a breathtaking Mediterranean bay.

The longest eruption in the history of La Palma originated with this volcano in September 2021.

The largest salt farm in the Canary Islands is located at the foot of an active volcano.

The world's largest single-aperture telescope resides in the Canary Islands.

It took 40 years to build this Eden-like garden in Marrakech, later restored by Yves Saint-Laurent.

A mud brick kasbah with a history of lavishness and traitorship.

A fortified city, home to a remaining population of five families

God's Saharan sandbox of wrath.

Within the Dadès Gorge, amazing vistas and towering cliff faces can be seen at each new curve and bend in the road.

Rocky Atlantic beach home to a stunning stone arch.

The largest madrasa in Morocco once housed more than 900 students within its exquisite walls.

Fortune tellers, snake charmers, poets, and storytellers all gather on this historic square in Morocco.