Places bertshetler Wants to Go

The once-a-day siren is a reminder of the days before time was standardized.

A tribute to the women who quietly kept the local steelworks alive during both world wars.

Long-secret natural history museum, featuring the skull of a "Terror Bird."

In England, an 18th-century water-powered workshop still stands.

Seemingly straight out of a fairy tale, a steel chair sits on a tiny island only accessible by stepping stones.

A floating cat sanctuary on an Amsterdam canal.

An abandoned saucer-shaped monument in the Bulgarian mountains.

A spectacular Bulgarian cave resembling a devil's head with a waterfall rushing down its throat.

An architectural marvel that spans the Arda River, and has stories of a haunted past.

Massive, unfinished broadcasting station stands as a monument to the fall of communism.

The Grand Mall in Varna hosts one of the biggest collections of Soviet-era paraphernalia in Bulgaria.

Mysterious standing stone formations looks like a petrified forest.

The deepest hole drilled in the name of science, where evidence of Precambrian life was found.

For decades, vendors have sold clothes once worn by American soldiers who stormed Italy in the 1940s.

An ancient fortification lives on in this Chinese city.

Wooden sleds have replaced donkeys to cart goods around this utterly charming car-free village.

A writer's tiny retreat built from salvaged shipwreck timbers.

How did this lovely seaside English village come by such an unusual name?

An allegorical statue of a giant pregnant woman representing justice and truth.

A stone wall commemorates the legend of a ferocious dragon who literally got his butt kicked by a knight.

In this quiet English suburb, giant steel hands and feet dot the landscape.

A repurposed railway tunnel with otherworldly acoustic characteristics.

The loneliest plant in the world resides at the Durban Botanic Gardens...mostly.

This beautiful waterfall is not easy to reach, but offers a stunning view of the pristine green valley.