Places bertshetler Wants to Go

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

A favorite haunt of dinosaur loving children and hallucinogen loving hippies alike.

An overlooked and unassuming engineering marvel.

An eclectic trailer park retreat in the middle of the California desert.

A historic hotel in an old California railroad town with a rowdy reputation.

A historic hotel that made a cameo in Hitchcock's classic film has no intention of letting guests forget its fame.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

This scalding hot river was thought to be a myth until one geoscientist made it his quest to study the mystical waters.

America's only nuclear missile silo open to the public.

A local artist created this giant rippling wave.

An ancient tower built during Roman times as a lookout post still stands to this day.

A Spanish forest is filled with mysterious stone carvings.

A series of five defunct panopticon prisons in Cuba.

Neo-cave art on the macro scale.

After the Cuban Revolution, the famous rum company had to leave their swanky headquarters behind.

His music once banned in Communist Cuba, John Lennon is now immortalized in bronze by Castro, who considers Lennon a "fellow dreamer."

In terms of history and architecture, this is one of the most remarkable cemeteries in the world.

A focal point of the Cuban government, this city square features one of the most iconic images in the country.

Once a favorite playground for the world's most illustrious guests, Hotel Nacional's secret weapons and bunkers reveal a more menacing side to its golden history.

Stonehenge has nothing on Castlerigg’s views.

A stone copper was sculpted on the wall of the Carlisle Cathedral to honor a local hero.

A mistaken marker makes an erroneous claim along the historic Old Divide Road.