This innovative steam machine was no doubt the most famous of the pioneer locomotives.

The little-known second castle that William the Conqueror built in York.

The National Railway Museum in York is the largest railway museum in the world, attracting almost 1 million visitors per year.

One of the shortest streets in York has an especially odd name.

Follow the original medieval paths that wind through this intriguing section of the city.

This lurid German fountain plots the sad course of marriage from dating to death.

This abandoned coliseum was intended to be a grand Nazi rallying ground before it was halted at the end of the war.

A castle from the Holy Roman Empire that hosts traveling youth... in its stables.

These temples are among the oldest free-standing stone buildings in the world.

Enigmatic tombs and cave dwellings on the outskirts of a rural village.

Stone Age solar temple is aligned with the sun on each equinox and solstice.

Built by a king and rebuilt by an emperor, this aqueduct transported water for 1,200 years to this ancient Mediterranean hub.

On holy holidays, Israel's second president used this room atop Mount Zion as a refuge to read the Torah.

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.

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.

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

Controversial tribute to the heavyweight champion boxer who grew up in Detroit.

These enduring murals depicting a distinctly Marxist tribute to capitalism could not even be defeated by McCarthyism.

Berry Gordy Jr.'s old home was the original headquarters of Motown Record Corporation.

The neighborhood church casts a breast-shaped shadow that locals have come to call the “two o’clock titty.”

Faceless white figures loom over the city from the rooftop.

This print shop boasts one of the largest pinball arcades in San Francisco.