East Jerusalem, Israel
Immovable Ladder on the Church of the Holy Sepulchre
A "miracle" that seems to produce more holy fistfights than holy revelations.
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East Jerusalem, Israel
A "miracle" that seems to produce more holy fistfights than holy revelations.
Jerusalem, Israel
Oldest Protestant church in the Middle East, designed to resemble a synagogue.
Jerusalem, Israel
The only quarter of the Old City not dedicated to a major world religion.
Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
This full-sized orange tree lives suspended in mid-air above the streets of Jaffa.
Dipkarpaz, Cyprus
The animals wander freely amid this gorgeous stretch of nature.
Boltaşlı, Cyprus
This abandoned church was the site of one of the biggest art heists of the past decades.
Paphos, Cyprus
Beneath an ancient wishing tree lies an underground chapel with 12th-century frescoes and catacombs dedicated to a lady saint.
Paphos, Cyprus
Legend holds that St. Paul was flogged for preaching Christianity at this pillar.
Paphos, Cyprus
The ruins of a fifth-century church dedicated to Our Lady of the Harbor.
Paphos, Cyprus
The ancient mosaics here are considered among the finest in the world, and serve as a stunning record of Greco-Roman daily life.
Paphos, Cyprus
An ancient necropolis of magnificent tombs.
Peyia, Cyprus
While most shipwrecks are submerged, this ship in Cyprus ran ashore.
Neo Chorio, Cyprus
Legend holds that the Ancient Greek goddess of love once bathed in the waters of this grotto.
Karaman, Cyprus
The ruins of a fairytale castle with a tumultuous history stand high atop the mountains.
Lefkoşa, Cyprus
The largest caravanserai in Cyprus also includes amazing examples of Ottoman architecture.
Nicosia, Cyprus
This no man's land slicing through the island is strewn with abandoned relics of another time.
Nicosia, Cyprus
A magical museum of fairy tale treasures near Cyprus' buffer zone.
Nicosia, Cyprus
A unique art center and shop just below a United Nations Checkpoint in central Nicosia.
Egkomi, Cyprus
This former Cyprus flight hub is now a crumbling, abandoned ghost complex.
Lagoudera, Cyprus
Breathtaking Byzantine paintings cover the inside of this 12th-century church.
Omodos, Cyprus
This medieval wine press is one of the oldest in Cyprus.
Alassa, Cyprus
These ruins disappear beneath the waves every winter.
Akrotiri, Cyprus
For nearly 2,000 years this church has been waging war on local snakes by importing cats.
Kolossi, Cyprus
This 700-year-old Cyprus castle is the birthplace of the world's oldest wine, said to be toasted by Richard the Lionheart at his wedding.