Places bertshetler Wants to Go

19th-century operating theatre in which the use of ether was first demonstrated - plus, a skeleton and a mummy!

An Icelandic island full of diving birds and legend.

An unassuming tribute to engineer William Bald and the workers who built one of Europe's most scenic coastal roads.

This picturesque lighthouse at the edge of the Irish Sea looks like a giant stone pencil.

This Bronze Age tomb makes the most unusual front garden fixture.

The enigmatic stone has towered over a Northern Ireland town for thousands of years.

It is said a heartbroken man visited the gap every day to stare blankly out at the sea.

A memorial to a goat culled during a foot and mouth disease outbreak guards a series of fantastical caves.

This eye-popping Icelandic crater lake is surrounded by red volcanic rock.

Medicinal spa created from the mineral-rich runoff of a geothermal power plant

The unique waterfall in Iceland's south features a backdrop of geometric black lava columns.

This historic Boston building has gone from personal estate to porn theater and back again.

Dim sum, served in a grand old theater.

The remains of a World War II munitions factory still haunt the fields of this Twin Cities suburb.

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.

This single-track road rewards brave drivers with stunning Scottish scenery.

This expansive bridge in the Canadian wilderness was originally just built for friends.

Cougar Annie earned her nickname after shooting 60 cougars over the years as well as 80 black bears who threatened her garden.

The wreckage still sits at the exact spot the plane crash-landed in 1945, carrying 1,000 pounds of explosives.

Home inspired by the crystal rock formation of the Emerald Estates.

A spoke-tacular artwork constructed from recycled bicycle rims.

The "Bridge Over the Atlantic" lets you cross the waterway in mere seconds.

After spending more than a century on the ocean floor, this shipwrecked column is finally resting atop solid ground.