Places bertshetler Wants to Go

This vintage "streetcar boat" lay at the bottom of Lake Minnetonka until the 1980s.

Mysterious ancient petroglyphs carved on a glacial boulder at the tip of Bainbridge Island.

This set of mysterious petroglyphs in the Peruvian jungle could shed light on centuries-old activities in the region.

Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.

Natural sonic phenomenon comes with a grisly legend of murder and blood.

A scenic ravine with an astounding collection of rock art created by the Indigenous people of the Great Plains.

One of the American Southwest's most extensive collections of Navajo rock art.

The first recognized Neanderthal remains were found in this now-lost cave in 1856.

A rare chance to get up close and personal with a 13-mile ribbon of ice near downtown Juneau.

A museum devoted entirely to hammers has more than 1,400 items on display dating back to the Romans.

A classic gold rush hotel can be expected to pick up some ghosts along the way, and the Golden North is no exception.

The facade of this relic from the Klondike gold rush is decorated with over 8,800 pieces of driftwood.

A rare kind of blue bear can be found chiefly in the national park that shares their name.

Massive mounds of golden sand look like a desert landscape randomly plopped in an Arctic forest.

A skeletal collection of former nautical mainstays.

Don't be a grizzly man. Get personal with Alaska's wild bears from the safety of this conservationist camp.

A sarcastic monument threatens to curse any "idiot" who dares remove it.

Buy your friend a drink or staple some cash to the wall for the next guy at the Salty Dawg Saloon.

Ireland's most remarkable collection of these curious cone-shaped houses is worth the buzz.

This junkyard made over as a theme park is the "Most Alaskan place in Alaska."

At 238 feet above the bottom of a gorge this span is known as the biggest thrill on the road to McCarthy.

An auroral research program that superheats the ionosphere.

An abandoned aircraft sits submerged in a lake in the Alaska wilderness.

The heroic sled dog of the 1925 serum run is preserved in taxidermy.