Places bertshetler Wants to Go

Hidden in the Chihuahuan Desert resides an amazing collection of petroglyphs.

A working cattle ranch with remarkably well-preserved prehistoric petroglyphs and ancient ruins.

This park was designated by UNESCO as an Endangered World Heritage site.

Neither Spanish settlers nor anyone since has been able to tell who built these strange California rock walls.

This mysterious petroglyph evokes the ancient swastika symbol but was later vandalized with the more troublesome Nazi one.

Mysterious ancient boulder carved with petroglyphs in the mountains of Western North Carolina.

Native Americans built this circle of stones, which was used to predict astronomical events.

A monument to a 19th-century Irish woman whose murder inspired several literary works.

Once the site of a Native American harvest festival, this humble clearing later played an invaluable role in the birth of jazz.

Storyville was New Orleans' historic red light district and hotbed of jazz music, sometimes referred to simply as "The District."

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

This castle resides in a valley known for immense bloodshed during the Middle Ages.

This bronze statue of Martin Luther King was placed in the park without permission.

These limestone cliffs are associated with the Greek myth of Prometheus.

Veryovkina Cave is more than 1.3 miles deep—the deepest known in the world.

The second largest in the world, this massive underground void has its own subway.

A castle perched precariously over the Crimean Sea.

One of the most popular attractions in the small resort town of Kabardinka.

The second-deepest known cave on Earth, hidden in an extremely remote mountain region.

The saltiest lake in all of Crimea is also the pinkest of the pink and teeming with life.

This ancient burial mound is accessed by an impressive Greek-built archway.

A scrap-metal sculpture recalls an infamous 19th-century camel.

A once celebrated industrial wonder now lurks in a quiet corner of Flathead Lake.