Places bertshetler Wants to Go

Each year a new straw behemoth is born.

This bizarre English competition answers the important question: how many worms can YOU coax out of the ground?

Created hundreds of years ago, the magical follies and landscapes at this park were almost lost to time before being restored.

Picturesque ruins once held off mighty armies.

This Welsh village gave itself a ridiculous name in a publicity stunt a century ahead of its time.

These haunting ruins belong to an ancient village that once had one hell of a view.

The world's largest prehistoric copper mine had 30,000 animal bones scattered throughout the maze of passageways.

A breathtaking flower tunnel bursts with beautiful golden blossoms.

Dubbed the "Blade Runner dragon," this buzzing neon sign is a beloved local icon.

An outback test site for the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult.

This once-booming gold mining hub was basically abandoned overnight.

Turnip-shaped island just off the Michigan shore in Lake Huron.

Tiny horses tethered to antique rings are scattered around the city.

Inside a humble hangar is some of the best roller derby the world has to offer.

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

This stoic, if derpy, giant stands as a monument to Oregon's statehood and the novelty culture of yesteryear.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.

The only tower of an aerial tramway standing over a ski-lift.

A once-luxurious, now abandoned hotel in the Italian Alps.

A fairytale island floats in the middle of Italy's little-known Lake Orta.

The inky volcanic sand leads to reefs teeming with aquatic life waiting to be discovered by snorkelers and divers.

Bali's remote "gateway to heaven" is one of the most sacred places on the island.

This sword isn't waiting for a king to pull it out. It was placed there by a saint.