The railway carts travelers to central Athens's highest peak, which offers stunning vistas of the city.

This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.

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

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

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

The tallest waterfall in the Judean Desert is named for its connection to a biblical figure.

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

A magical oasis in the middle of the Negev Desert.

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

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

A temple belonging to the largest Buddhist order in South Korea nestled in the middle of New York City.

This enormous Hindu temple in Queens serves incredible dosas in its basement canteen.

No monkeying around, this fountain was really named after the classic sci-fi film.

Amid the marketing blitz of modern Times Square is an elegant holdover from its showbiz glory days.

Rat sculptures try to infiltrate the Graybar Building in an architectural tribute to New York City's nautical history.

A Manhattan office building is home to the world’s largest chess board.

Commemorating the spot where the famous scientist fed his pigeons.

Crammed into a Baltimore row house is an oddities shop that sells everything from skulls to dead insects.

An iconic steel and chrome diner from the 1940s left empty for nearly 20 years is in danger of being demolished.

Once America's longest-manned military fort, now an abandoned hulk.

America's greatest forgotten garden and the former stomping grounds of Son of Sam.

Stunningly detailed mosaics in a New York subway station bring life to the Weimaraners of artist William Wegman's work—and to thousands of commutes.

One of the most dazzling dioramas at the American Museum of Natural History is also one of the oldest.

Here be dragons.