There are few places to dine where the table next to you is a colorful school of fish passing, and a window next to your silverware leads out to the Red Sea. Each table of the restaurant has two... »

Watery Wonders, Commercial Curiosities, Bizarre Restaurants and Bars, Architectural Oddities | Edited by Tawsam, atimian and others

Akhzivland is the brainchild of Eli Avivi, an Iranian-born Jew, whose family moved to Israel in the 1930s. In 1952, Eli Avivi settled at the ruined village of Akhziv, which was destroyed during... »

Micro-Nations, Odd Accommodations, Eccentric Homes | Edited by Tawsam, atimian and others

Off the coast of the village of Atlit lie the submerged ruins of the Neolithic site of Atlit-Yam. The site, which dates between 6900 and 6300 BC, lies around 10 m beneath the current sea level and... »

Incredible Ruins | Edited by Tawsam and atimian

An idol made by Aaron for the Israelites during Moses' absence on Mount Sinai, according to Exodus, the Golden Calf is a Jewish tradition that was also a statue featured at the national shrines of... »

Architectural Oddities, Curious Places of Worship, Incredible Ruins | Edited by A Facebook user and Nicholas Jackson

The 19th century was marked by British colonial and evangelical ambitions in lands controlled by the crumbling Ottoman empire. Christ Church was established on land purchased by the Church of... »

Architectural Oddities, Curious Places of Worship | Edited by oksana_m, mrobscurity and others

For hundreds of years beginning in the 3rd century BCE, great camel caravans trekked between the shores of the Arabian Peninsula to the Mediterranean port of Gaza carrying huge quantities of... »

Cultures and Civilizations , Architectural Oddities, Repositories of Knowledge | Edited by Nicholas Jackson

Part of the mission of the National Library of Israel is to secure copies of all material published in Israel. Normally this is not a problem, and the collection of the National Library of... »

Unique Collections | Edited by Dylan and AllisonEng

Makhtesh Ramon is the largest of Israel’s bizarre geological formations called makhteshim (literally, “craters”). Thought for many years to be an impact crater, the result of a meteor... »

Geological Oddities | Edited by gabeschwartz, Dylan and others

The immovable ladder of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre is a religious symbol of a sort, a kind of miracle possible only through human folly. It is also one of the most powerful and iconic... »

Incredible Ruins | Edited by stanestane

Bookended by walls of signs in Hebrew and English detailing a strict dress code and a hard-line approach to public morality, Meah Shearim can be considered the most ideologically unique... »

Intriguing Environs, Micro-Nations | Edited by Incendiary and stanestane