Places bertshetler Wants to Go

Traditional 15th century Chinese garden in the middle of Vancouver.

This Art Deco masterpiece has stood in for some of the most famous buildings in comic book history.

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.

This Elizabethan hedge maze is one of only six in North America.

This quirky piece of naval artillery has been deafening Canadians for over a century.

Surprisingly delicious Asian-style hot dogs.

A pixel art killer whale is frozen mid-leap in this Vancouver square.

An extraordinary mixture of natural beauty and man-made phenomena.

According to legend, you must remain completely silent while passing this man-made mound or suffer the consequences.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

This old-fashioned roadhouse's quirky neon sign is as famous as its enormous dumplings.

The remote resting place of a notorious Wild West outlaw whose death is shrouded in mystery.

A university observatory dome painted to resemble the beloved 'Star Wars' droid.

A small Portuguese cottage formed between boulders in the countryside.

A cluster of granite granaries perched on stilts.

"Satisfying" is a good way to describe these beautifully aligned rows of Spanish mills.

Thanks to an acoustic anomaly, this unassuming stone bench has heard one hundred years of secrets.

This abandoned naval battery stood at the ready as recently as the 1980s.

Seaside ruins of a settlement that date back to the first century B.C.

The oldest Roman lighthouse still in use.

This century-old ruined temple was reborn as "The Church of Skate."

Stormy conditions send jets of seawater bursting through holes in the cliffs.

A small church ornamented with medieval erotic sculptures.

Remarkably intact Roman stone fortifications have encircled this Spanish city for centuries.