Places Sternenfeuer Wants to Go

A pair of mutilated bronze octopuses slump at the base of the monument honoring California's admission to the U.S.

Recovered from the brink of extinction, at home in the Financial District.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

Noble beasts perhaps, but not the Emperor's dogs.

The black lab that was voted mayor of a California town is forever remembered by a life-size statue.

An eerie ghost village hidden in the forests of the Eifel, frozen in a strange postwar limbo.

One of the best-preserved pieces of DDR propaganda in Berlin.

This oversized flute-playing Ancestral Puebloan deity is also a landmark of Southwestern kitsch.

A tribute to the disposable cups that were once manufactured here, this 68-foot-tall statue would be difficult to throw away.

The world's largest otter started his life as a high school shop project.

The remnants of a refugee settlement for Belgians during WWI.

This market built by German prisoners of war is made of local stones.

A seaside cemetery honors the Commonwealth soldiers and sailors that died in Sierra Leone during World War I and II.

A statue built to honor the elite soldiers who fought for Latvia during World War I.

Built using wood salvaged from the ruined village of Bazentin, this unique cross survived both war and decay.

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.

When Ghibli came to a Taiwanese village.

A quiet pine forest near Nichel hides a powerful memorial to victims of a nearly forgotten war crime.

A lookout spot for the Andean condor, at the edges of one of the deepest canyons in the world.

Tucked away on the edge of a forest, this tranquil oasis brings a piece of Japan to rural Brandenburg.

A brick labyrinth hidden in a church courtyard where anyone can take a quiet, contemplative walk.

Memorial to the first European to set foot on Maui.

These two delightful animal-shaped buildings host a visitor center and wool shop.