Places bertshetler Wants to Go

A daily pyrotechnic celebration marks a beloved tradition during Valencia's festival season.

Vibrant street art created with mixed media.

This abandoned viewing platform has become a monument to unnecessary government spending.

This amazing example of Valencian Art Nouveau looks more like a cathedral than a public market.

This house's itty bitty size means no humans allowed.

Sometimes called the Banksy of Madrid, Muelle was a pioneer of street art in the Spanish city.

One of Madrid's oldest trees, with a long and colorful history, resides in El Retiro Park.

A pair of gigantic baby heads greet passengers at Atocha Station.

Replicas of fossils unearthed during renovation work reveal how this area would have looked millions of years ago.

Guitarist Paco de Lucía overlooks travelers as they pass through this train station dedicated to his legacy.

These three pillboxes still remain as a witness of the Spanish Civil War in a park of Madrid.

A towering monument in Spain has proven to be more labor-intensive than initially planned.

A model solar system adds a celestial touch to this suburban park.

This postmodern apartment block was designed to be a vertical neighborhood.

An exact replica of a colossal Olmec head sits atop a pyramid within a Madrid traffic circle.

The longest step street in the city.

This is one really big nut.

This pub boasts a curious history and may have inspired a Dickens character.

Natural arch offers panoramic views of Yangshuo's karst hills.

The world's largest natural arch was forgotten for over 50 years after its discovery.

Unscathed for almost 2,000 years, the best preserved Roman triumphal arch is in a small southern Italian city.

The fifth-longest natural arch in the world, and the longest outside China.

This one-of-a-kind Roman arch is not actually dedicated to the god Janus.

Unlike most arches, this geological oddity formed in a volcanic dike.