Places bertshetler Wants to Go

The ancient tomb acts as a calendar that keeps perfect time.

This modest plaza in Moneygall, Ireland has cashed in on its distant connection to the U.S. president.

A proud bronze billy stands as an eternal symbol of Ireland's oldest festival, where a goat is made king.

Museum mostly in name, and only a restaurant depending on the day, this place could only exist in Marfa.

This mountain tram provides stunning views while hanging from a single, steel thread.

Minimalist modern art on a repurposed military base in rural Texas.

An abandoned movie set in the desert of West Texas.

Overlooking a Scottish loch, this beautifully crumbling castle once inspired a poem by William Wordsworth.

A pub that is literally in the middle of nowhere, but continues to do business.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

A small island abbey is the final resting place of many medieval Scottish monarchs, including the real Macbeth.

This beach runway is off limits during high tide.

Where the sleeping monsters of Scotland's oil industry are left to rust.

A curious collection of mechanical moving figures.

The location of the last witch trials of Italy, known as "The Salem of Europe."

A volcanic old faithful, Stromboli has been erupting continuously for the last 2000 years.

The world's most active stratovolcano is almost always erupting.

142 ceramic steps become a mosaic once a year.

This Stone Age solar temple aligns with the sun on each equinox and solstice.

This subterranean necropolis holds three floors of antler-dug grave caves.

Ancient mysterious ruts carved in the bedrock.

Burial grounds for more than 1,000 bodies deep under the modern town of Rabat.

This prison on the Maltese island of Gozo is almost 500 years old, and they have the graffiti to prove it.

This lab's maddening silence is good for business but bad for sanity.