Places bertshetler Wants to Go

This South Pacific volcano has been blowing its stack for over 800 years and is said to be home to a cult leader waiting to be reborn.

A hidden gem of a museum that lets you search for your own fossils.

The world's northernmost aquarium looks like it has fallen over.

This Norwegian satellite station provides ground services to more satellites than any other facility in the world.

Ruins of two abandoned stations destroyed by the power they sought to harness.

A little Lady Liberty stands in the Norway town where the copper for the real thing came from.

What might look like a cliffside sacrificial altar at first glance is actually a stone compass pointing to cities and lighthouses all around the world.

A Viking-style brewpub named for a Norse sea giant, in the heart of fjord country.

One of the most breathtaking railways in Europe also takes one of the steepest climbs, from fjord to mountain plateau.

Norway has built what may be the world's most beautiful public toilet.

Op-art architecture designed for happiness.

This Austrian museum celebrates the work of famous forgers and their inimitable imitations.

A spherical "micro-nation" in the heart of Vienna.

Vienna's giant wonder wheel had a starring role in one of the greatest noir movies of all time.

Apartment complexes built into huge repurposed natural gas tanks.

A cableway for car transport.

Thousands of slain Soviet soldiers are buried within the shadow of this enormous obelisk.

This Slovakian statue of an emerging sewer worker might just be a bronze peeping tom.

This Slovak bridge is known both for its connection to a national uprising and its UFO-shaped eatery.

The largest fountain in Bratislava.

This network of narrow, medieval passages has the most delightful name.

A pre-Hispanic pyramid in the middle of a tourist district in the Canary Islands.

Portugal’s highest lighthouse has one of the most impressive focal planes in the world.

A micronation on an islet along the coast of a Portuguese island.