Places bertshetler Wants to Go

This remote castle was built to be a wealthy businessman's palace of vice but is now simply a historic vacation cottage.

Britain's oldest and biggest hole in the ground.

The world's largest collection of witchcraft regalia.

This Nevada lake holds its titular natural pyramid and, if the legends are true, a number of dangerous spirits.

Beneath a Virginia City bar is the entrance to an abandoned gold mine.

The smallest country in the world.

During WWII the U.S. Navy conducted primitive drone strikes on this Lake Michigan lighthouse.

A rare pod of derelict midcentury Futuro and Venturo houses lines a semi-abandoned beachfront resort outside Taipei.

The one-time watch house for incoming ships at the Golden Gate now stands abandoned and hidden in trees.

One of few lasting examples of the brief octagon craze that developed into folly.

This micronation's flag honors its favorite drink, Kaffegöken, or "cuckoo-coffee."

The last remaining example of the boatmen's perches that once dotted the south bank of the Thames.

An enchanting monastery in the Spanish countryside appears lifted from a fantasy tale.

Rare and strange weather predictors, from mercury barometers to leech prognosticators.

Once a year a small English town gets together to chase oranges down a steep hill in honor of a legendary accident.

This historic Benedictine monastery brews a booze so toxic that it has often been blamed almost singularly for Scottish hooliganism.

The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”

This lovely little bridge hidden in a Switzerland gorge is essentially a fairytale.

Perched on a spindly rock spire in a Greek archipelago, this lighthouse would make a perfect wizard's tower.

This unreal Portuguese palace looks as though it's made from a pile of different castles.

Lucha Libre (Mexican Wrestling) themed taco shop.

This strange seaside tower got its name from a wealthy eccentric who would hide coins among its stones.

This abandoned racetrack looks like it is set to hold competitions in the apocalypse.

Living towers made of people that are now recognized by UNESCO.