Places Sternenfeuer Wants to Go

You can fulfill your childhood dream of becoming a paleontologist by digging for your own amber fossils.

A tiny historic cemetery located in the parking lot of a shopping complex.

The guest rooms in this hotel are a tiny castle, a ship built into a tower, and an underground burrow.

An extraordinary collection of vampire-themed antiques lurks on the second floor of a store.

This magical-looking island is notorious for the misfortunes suffered by its owners.

Just saying the name of this town out loud is said to bring bad luck.

Dedicated to the victims of a phantom slasher, this memorial is claimed by some to be the source of a deadly curse.

This adorable birdlike police box is designed based on a play on words.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

The "Prussian Versailles" that is as glorious today as when it was built.

If you visit the burial place of King Frederick the Great, you'll likely find a couple of potatoes sitting on his tombstone.

Germany's Glienicke Bridge has a shady history of clandestine meetings, espionage, and spycraft.

The official flag of the short-lived Republic of Formosa.

A tiny airplane-shaped monument marks the story of Taiwan’s first civilian pilot and his fatal crash in 1934.

A memorial for the victims of a plane crash that, at the time, was the deadliest plane disaster in American history.

Savor the famous tempura-fried pork tenderloin sandwich at this long-standing Kansas City food counter.

This unconventional used book store was once in the news for the surprising act of burning books.

The world's most remote permanent settlement on an active volcano.

It might not be as impossible to reach as its name would imply, but just about.

This uninhabited volcanic island is the most remote in the world.

The world's most remote airport.

A somber place of memory and reflection, that tells the story of Riga's Jewish community before and during World War II.

This funerary monument to the guillotined king and queen of France became a political lightning rod and a site of pilgrimage for French monarchists.

It's a memorial to the beloved, ugly carpet that adorned the Portland airport (PDX) for 30 years.