You can find America's highest suspension footbridge at Grandfather Mountain in North Carolina.

A 315-foot spire jutting out from the Blue Ridge Mountains makes for breathtaking views.

The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.

The mosaic floor of a 4th-century synagogue features a pagan zodiac wheel alongside traditional images of a Torah ark and menorahs.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

This Transylvanian church has changed its denomination four times.

A fire once nearly devoured this gorgeous 14th-century Gothic cathedral.

The possible imprisonment of Vlad the Impaler here earned the medieval castle its nickname, "Dracula's Castle."

This massive underground salt mine now holds a sci-fi theme park in its depths.

This museum explores how a 1973 volcanic eruption forever changed this small Icelandic island.

The exhibition explores the Icelandic city's Viking Age history.

The picturesque birthplace of Icelandic democracy is drenched in the blood of its brutal past.

This stunning concert hall has become a symbol of Iceland's national recovery.

This fairytale-like structure is the last turf church ever constructed in Iceland.

The largest whale museum in Europe allows visitors to walk among life-size giants.

If a glacial river suddenly diving into a sheer chasm via a dramatic, multi-stage waterfall isn't peak Iceland, it's certainly close.

An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.