Places bertshetler Wants to Go

Thousands of used shoes create a unique public art exhibit along this old paddock fence.

Asbestos pit mine abandoned in 1983 is still dangerous thirty years later.

The unique ecosystem atop an Australian mountain is home to some colorful inhabitants.

Fiberglas monument to Moonbi's poultry industry.

Monument that stands 40 feet and weighs 1,000 pounds.

6000-year-old coal fire moves one meter per year.

Standing in celebration of where the cattle dog was bred.

Once the path of a railway tunnel, now home to thousands of glowing insects.

The oft used Australian colloquialism "Beyond the Black Stump" is said to have originated at this location.

A steampunk airship "floats" above Hamilton Gardens delivering plants and compost.

Come for the bait, stay for the brioche.

The wooden sculptures are studded throughout a small New Zealand town.

Eat your Big Mac in a DC-3.

Hidden within this iconic mountain are a set of World War II bunkers once used by German forces.

This massive store is home to an eccentric collection of vintage, retro, and peculiar goods.

This medieval mountain town is also known as the "Village of Streams."

This region of the Perugia municipality has an unforgettable name.

The "3rd largest" city in California is an empty mirage of suburbia in the middle of nowhere.

A miniature desert appears out of nowhere on the lush isle of Lemnos, like something out of a Greek myth.

Temple complex that once housed the famous statue of Nike.

The hermits of Karoulia protect their asocial lifestyles by living on the vertical face of a treacherous precipice.

This Turkish cave boasts some rather bizarre associations with the King of Mount Olympus.

Giant marble phalluses on the sacred island of antiquity.

This 11th-century Greek monastery has renowned mosaics and relics of a brutal past.