Places Sternenfeuer Wants to Go

The world's only teal arches exist in a city that cares more about its aesthetic than an Instagram influencer.

This humble resting place belongs to one of history's most celebrated restaurateurs.

The unusual burial site of a globetrotter, eccentric, adventurer, war hero, landscape designer, dandy, and writer.

The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.

A collection of over 100 statues of people who fought for the freedom of South Africa.

The highest mountain in Hokkaido was the setting for one of Japan’s strangest unsolved mysteries.

An Illinois prairie preserve where the real show begins after sunset.

Two unremarkable-looking rocks on a cobblestone street are actually ancient wanderers; one a 150-million-year-old limestone, the other a 1.8-billion-year-old granite.

A memorial dedicated to the famed North Pole explorer appropriately sits at the far edge of Arlington National Cemetery.

A suburban monument preserves the faces of twenty murdered Jewish boys and girls.

This modest marker near Notre Dame identifies the very center of Paris.

An important message and optimistic splash of color in a troubled neighborhood.

A Roman-inspired temple once controlled half of San Francisco's waters.

Honor lost loved ones at this serene wind phone hidden in an environmental preserve.

This place claims to be North America’s first vegan convenience store.

This is the resting place of the meanest rooster in Cleveland, Tennessee.

A small shrine run entirely by vending machines.

Oldest surviving milestone in Europe outside of the Roman Empire.

This deceptively beautiful island was once home to a German concentration camp and known as "Death Island."

Unexplained bald patches in the landscape grow and recede over time, as though they are somehow alive.

A seemingly desolate park that belongs to two countries actually supports all kinds of wildlife.

Hundreds of "animals" created from scrap metal, alongside a collection of other oddities.

The rubbery beast is sculpted from recycled materials.

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