Places Megan Johnson Wants to Go

A geological oddity topped with a 2,000-year-old pagan temple.

A sacred lake with thousands of sacred carp and a biblical history.

An ancient church on a tiny island covered in stone bible stories has controversially been turned into a museum.

Roman ruins, natural methane fires and a lovely beach.

Once described as the "Eagle's Nest," this ruined ancient city rests on a remote mountaintop.

Live a night as a Byzantine King, with a minibar and private jacuzzi.

Hidden just under the waters around this Turkish island are the ruins of a once great city.

This famous city eluded concrete detection until the early 2000's.

These tombs were built into the side of a mountain so that ancient angels could reach the dead.

Roman ruins top white travertine terraces formed by ancient hot springs.

In this historic region, homes and churches are carved into ancient volcanic rock formations.

This mysterious Lady Liberty stands at the entrance to a small Israeli village.

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

A massive, heart-shaped, wind-carved crater in the middle of the Israeli desert.

This unique exhibit "Dialogue in the Dark" reverses roles as the visionless become guides and the sighted become ‘blind.’

The most peaceful "country" in the Middle East.

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

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

These numerous Israeli caves were dug out over hundreds years for reasons ranging from hideouts to burial sites.

70 years of foreign military influence on the shores of Tripoli, Libya.

A fortress-like granary that has been continually in use for more than nine centuries.

A beautiful oasis town dating back to the Roman period still serves as reprieve from the brutal summer sun in Libya.

Landscape of bizarrely shaped desert mountains and innumerable rock carvings.

An abandoned outdoor movie theater in the Sinai desert.