Places bertshetler Wants to Go

A collection of housewares from recent Irish history adjoined by a tower from ancient Irish history.

A standing relief of a Norman knight whose posture marks him as a Crusader.

This ancient Irish religious site is covered in ancient carvings, many of which have barely aged.

Huge standing stones mark a site of megalithic mystery.

Once the longest bridge in Ireland, this rusting span sits abandoned and overrun by nature.

The world's largest rose bush has literally outgrown the pioneer museum it was planted behind.

What is the Thing?

Rumor had it that these concrete crosses scattered across the Arizona scrubland helped align spy satellites. (They didn’t.)

This Irish museum in a historic 19th century market pays tribute to the glory of butter.

The skeleton of a whale that beached itself in this Irish town is now on display in their public park.

Just another ancient, mysterious Irish stone circle.

This recreation of a 19th-century dime museum is full of oddities.

Bizarre Cavern.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

Built by the patriotic residents of Boonsboro in a single day.

A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.

This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.

A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.

The middle finger of modernity.

Nature took her revenge on the "Wickedest City in the World."

Half-drowned wooden stumps and stone blocks are all that remain of a Victorian landing that was destroyed by storms.

A 4,500-year-old forest is slowly being revealed from beneath the sands of a Welsh beach.

These stark white cliffs were spat up by the sea and are slowly being retaken by it.