Places bertshetler Wants to Go

You don't have to visit the deep blue sea to see these majestic creatures swimming wild and free.

This unique museum is home to over 5,000 puppets of all types.

According to Greek mythology, this natural spring is the home of a freshwater nymph.

Italian cave with exceptional acoustics and an unsavory history.

According to legend, after Hades pulled Persephone into the underworld, one of her attendant nymphs cried so much that her tears formed this spring.

Once the entry route for Aragonese nobility into the square which hosted the parliament of the time.

The tallest structure in Italy is a remote radio transmitter in Sicily.

Thousands of rock-cut tombs fill the cliffs of this Sicilian nature preserve.

A mysterious ancient elephant said to possess magic powers is now the symbol of a Sicilian city.

Wedged between streets and buildings, this ancient Roman theatre could seat 7000 spectators.

This elegant black and white striped arch is emblematic of Catania's resilience to natural disasters

These sculptures common among indigenous populations in North America, celebrate Shetland's unique geology.

This audio art installation pays tribute to the weather and unique linguistic history of the archipelago.

This no man's land slicing through the island is strewn with abandoned relics of another time.

Sex curse discovered on ancient tablet in Cyprus.

Once part of an ancient international harbor, it's now an all-you-can-eat shrimp buffet for flamingos and other water birds.

In the Middle Ages, villagers would sound this stone trumpet to boost fertility and coax fish to shore.

The largest ancient temple in all of Polynesia

Ten acres of the Kula Forest Reserve make up this wondrous state park.

Images chiseled into the basalt here date back an estimated 300 years.

The island of Lanai in Hawai'i is a paradise for cats and cat lovers.

A collection documenting Nazi occupation of Norway, including a painting believed to be made by Hitler.

This lake-bound geographical marker sits at the point where three European countries intersect.

The gnarled remains of an exploded German bunker from World War II sit along a breathtaking fjord.