Places bertshetler Wants to Go

Devastated landscape used for hundreds of years by the Romans as their primary mining site.

Natural stone arches form a walkable "cathedral" at low tide, then disappear entirely when the water returns.

Two large posteriors in one giant statue.

One of Europe's oldest yew trees has lived more than 2,000 years.

9,000 years of carnal history is on display at China's original Museum of Sex.

Thanks to a bit of wordplay, seven auspicious stone cats guard this ancient canalside street.

China's mysterious record-setting sleeping Buddha.

Discovered after draining a local pond, these ancient man-made caves are still a complete mystery.

This short pedestrian span is also known as the "Fairy Walking Bridge" because it looks almost magical.

China's very own Atlantis is an ornate dynastic city resting at the bottom of a lake.

Enormous burial mounds of ancient emperors.

One of China's last communal villages wears its ideals on its sleeve.

This psychedelic tourist trap is a leisurely descent into madness.

The world's first hotel built in an abandoned water-filled quarry.

A chinese farmer builds robots from scrap.

This probably wasn't what Mao had in mind.

The world's longest outdoor escalator takes visitors to the top of China's largest dam and is also shaped like a dragon.

This popular pilgrimage site offers a hole filled with holy healing dirt.

Located in the thermoelectric factory that once powered the entire city, this Portuguese museum is shockingly fascinating.

Ring the bell to enter a bar that looks equal parts museum and old curiosity shop.

At night, bats patrol this magnificent 18th-century space in search of book-eating pests.

The verdant mossy ruins of a Franciscan monastery lie in the remote Sintra hills awaiting exploration.

An enigmatic natural rock formation with a manmade passage cut through the center.

This Victorian marvel of engineering and artistic prowess is nicknamed the "Cathedral of Steam."