Jerusalem, Israel
Meah Shearim
Neighborhood in Jerusalem is home to the ultra-orthodox haredim.
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Jerusalem, Israel
Neighborhood in Jerusalem is home to the ultra-orthodox haredim.
Jerusalem, Israel
This historic rec center in the heart of Israel is a bastion of peace and togetherness.
Jerusalem, Israel
After over 100 years out of service this landmark windmill once again turns as a symbol of Jerusalem's self-sufficiency.
East Jerusalem, Israel
A "miracle" that seems to produce more holy fistfights than holy revelations.
Paris, France
Site of a classic 19th-century physics experiment to prove the earth is rotating.
Paris, France
This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.
Paris, France
This modest marker near Notre Dame identifies the very center of Paris.
Paris, France
135 bronze medallions mark a French meridian line which once rivaled the hotshot Greenwich timeline.
Paris, France
The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.
Berlin, Germany
On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.
Berlin, Germany
A museum dedicated to the history of a terrifying secret police is now held in their former headquarters.
Berlin, Germany
Berlin's old airport.
Berlin, Germany
Metro station with a claim to rock n' roll fame.
Berlin, Germany
Germany's Glienicke Bridge has a shady history of clandestine meetings, espionage, and spycraft.
Berlin, Germany
Art and a pun, all in one.
Berlin, Germany
The bunker where Hitler took his own life is hidden under this deliberately ordinary parking lot.
Berlin, Germany
Cold war icon and onetime "hole" in the iron curtain.
Berlin, Germany
This water-tower-turned-high-end-apartment building was once the site of an early Nazi concentration camp.
Berlin, Germany
The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.
Berlin, Germany
A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.
Richmond, Virginia
The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.
Arlington, Virginia
Parking garage where Bob Woodward met Watergate source "Deep Throat."
Washington, D.C.
The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.
Washington, D.C.
The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.