In this audio slideshow we visit Beit Haatzmaut, the house in which the State of Israel was born and the city of Tel Aviv was planned.

In this audio slideshow we visit the Palmach museum in Tel Aviv; the Palmach was the elite strike force of the Haganah paramilitary body in Mandate Palestine.

In this audio slideshow we visit the Timna Valley Park. This immense, arid esplanade – larger than Tel Aviv – is Israel’s biggest park.

In this audio slideshow we visit Beit Bialik, the home of Israel’s national poet Chaim Nachman Bialik.

We visit the Arava Institute, where Israelis, Palestinians, and Jordanians overcome their political differences to better the region’s environment.

We visit the picturesque Sataf National Park on the outskirts of Jerusalem, known for its ancient ruins and agricultural terraces.

We visit Latrun in Israel’s Ayalon Valley, believed to be where Joshua defeated the Amorites and where Judah Maccabee prepared to battle the Greeks.

Hear the story of the century-old Herzl House and Hulda Forest, located between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.

Visit the Hula Valley Nature Reserve in Israel’s Upper Galilee, where millions of birds flock each year to rest and to nest.

The site of a secret munitions factory sits deep beneath an Israeli Kibbutz. The factory played a key role in the establishment of the Jewish state. We pay a visit to Machon Ayalon.