Places bertshetler Wants to Go

An Irish town has built a statue to a silent film actor simply thanks to the holidays he once spent there.

An oddly conical beacon perched atop beautiful Irish cliffs.

Fourteen curious and controversial white bunnies sit in a circle near Newport Beach City Hall.

Michael Jackson got Bad and Crocodile Dundee walked on heads in this iconic Brooklyn subway station.

For 20 years, local pumpkins have met their fate on the iron fence surrounding this Cobble Hill home.

Detailed facade of a brownstone in Boerum Hill.

In the middle of downtown Brooklyn lies a 165 year old secret hidden right below the surface (closed to the public indefinitely).

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

A prized globe signed by Amelia Earhart and Charles Lindbergh sits in the Brooklyn office of the American Geographical Society.

This innocent-looking townhome is actually a subway exit.

Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.

This water tower has been a staple of the Rochester skyline since 1931.

These colorful sawdust illustrations are trampled into non-existence only moments after they are finished.

Fish raining from the sky are the cause of a yearly celebration in this small Honduran town.

This staircase full of Mayan hieroglyphics is perhaps the largest single text in the world.

Mesoamerican monoliths and zoomorphic stones covered in royal visages, ancient mythology, and grand celestial events.

Hidden deep in the Guatemalan jungle is a turquoise paradise of natural pools, caves, and waterfalls.

This orchid sanctuary protects countless varieties of the flower, from the huge to the microscopic.

Volcanically heated hot springs.

Giant kites are flown during this Day of the Dead celebration in Guatemala.

A ruined Maya city that suffered a years-long case of mistaken identity.

A controversial art piece that harkens back to local folklore.

A curious memento mori hangs in the magnificent Cathedral of Segovia.

A breathtaking and biodiverse wilderness in the mountain setting of Ernest Hemingway's "For Whom the Bell Tolls."