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A 200-year-old bar with a cheeky name claims to have served Edgar Allan Poe his final drink.

A young Italian couple has been locked in an embrace for over 6,000 years.

The skulls and bones of thousands of soldiers line the walls of this small Italian chapel.

A whale rib was used to advertise the store by the arch that offered exotic goods from far away.

Brightly painted boulders scattered throughout the Sinai Desert.

After this one-of-a-kind palace was built the architect's hands are said to have been cut off to keep it that way.

Saddle up to Israel's only cowboy-themed bar for a hearty (and kosher) steak.

Israel's first dedicated natural history museum is home to 5 million specimens and still growing.

An ancient capital city that dates back 3,000 years and harbors many surprises.

The maze-like transportation hub contains abandoned areas, derelict stores, and a resident bat colony.

The most gigantic, swoony, intimidating trio of fingers in all of antiquity.

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

The world's oldest map of the holy land gives us a fragmented glimpse of the layout of biblical nations.

A geometric jumble of homes.

A "miracle" that seems to produce more holy fistfights than holy revelations.

Through a collection of modern bric-a-brac this museum tells the story of the Jewish people from Biblical times to today.

This family tattoo parlor has been inking religious pilgrims in the Middle East for 700 years.

This nightmarish children's plaything was left grotesque to help kids conquer their fear.

The remains of this ancient fortress atop a manmade hill look as though they were built into a volcano.

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

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

One of the few guarded stops along the great spice route.

After over 100 years out of service this landmark windmill once again turns as a symbol of Jerusalem's self-sufficiency.

Hidden out of public view in the National Library of Israel is a collection of "Stalag's," 1960s Nazi themed porno paperbacks written and consumed by Israelis.