Places bertshetler Wants to Go

A crumbling cliffside ruin hidden in the woods.

Canada shows its hockey pride with a giant stick.

By public opinion, this is Canada's knottiest tree.

An incredibly well-preserved piece of ninth-century Viking poop.

A mysterious carving from 17th-century London seemingly depicts a young boy sitting on a bread basket.

This otherwise ordinary close on the Royal Mile constituted the end of the world for Edinburgh’s poorest residents.

After Christopher Columbus died, his son built a fancy house to rule from.

A pre-Columbian ceremonial and astronomical site built by the Taino Indians.

Largest pre-Lent festival in the Dominican Republic.

This trio of Dominican cave lakes comprise a colorful biosphere of natural life.

Hundreds of pieces of ancient Taíno art cover the walls of this Caribbean cave system.

Renowned restaurant tucked in a cave once occupied by buccaneers.

Collection of fossils, plants, and ancient animals encased in amber.

The first hospital in the New World.

The final resting place of Christopher Columbus - or possibly someone else.

Columbus' failed colony in the New World.

The first official clock in North America, it kept time for the Spanish government of Santo Domingo.

Travelers who fall victim to this mermaid's charms are destined to stay in Užupis forever.

The island residents are known for taking their quirky sense of humor with them to the grave.

Visitors are welcome to enter this lush Key West sanctuary to entertain its plethora of rescued parrots.

"We Seceded Where Others Failed."

12,000 sq. ft. museum tracing erotic art from antiquity to modern times.

America's only city hall with minarets took architectural cues from Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.

St Bernard de Clairvaux Episcopal Church, better known as one of the oldest European buildings in the Western Hemisphere.