A rustic place to spend the night, complete with amazing quiver trees and outsider art.

Road signs in Namibia mark the location of one of the five major circles of latitude.

Bizarre living fossil only grows in a small chunk of the Namib Desert.

A rare cluster of alien-like plants grows along a dusty highway.

This "dead marsh" sits among the largest sand dunes in the world, a forest frozen in time.

The remains of diamond fever taken over by the desert.

Dozens of elegant ceramic tiles decorate these ancient walls, each displaying the Lord's Prayer in a different language.

Neighborhood in Jerusalem is home to the ultra-orthodox haredim.

The only quarter of the Old City not dedicated to a major world religion.

A sprawling ancient Jewish cemetery with over 30 rock-hewn burial caves.

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

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

As the Dead Sea continues to deplete, massive sinkholes open along its banks.

Squeezing inside this deep, narrow canyon reveals a festival of desert colors.

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

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

Descend 2,030 years into the past in an ancient tunnel built to support Jerusalem's most famous wall.

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

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

The final resting place of the liberator of Argentina is guarded around the clock by two soldiers.

This plaza at the end of the world teems with monumental tributes to a problematic history, and laser discs.

These small sculptures pay homage to the lovable star of an iconic Argentine comic strip.

A brightly colored natural bridge formed by mineral-rich hot springs high up in the Andes.

A beautiful young girl said to have been buried alive in her coffin…