Places Sternenfeuer Wants to Go

Visit a section of the historic wall that once divided Berlin in the heart of Columbus, Ohio.

Larger-than-life sculptures of the world’s most famous cat mark the birthplace of creator Jim Davis.

This lesser known Hearst estate is a fairytale village built from the stolen bones of historic European buildings.

A large lava tube that can be walked through with no special equipment.

This rudder is one of the few remnants of a shipyard that once operated on the banks of the Potomac River.

Three hangars filled with meticulously restored aircraft and armored vehicles.

Each solstice, students and astronomy enthusiasts gather at a primitive but functioning sun wheel to witness how humanity first used this calendar.

A team of concrete athletes stands in the middle of a traffic circle.

Before serving as James Bond's Casino Royale, this Victorian-era spa catered to the world's elite.

Home to artworks so small you need a microscope to see them.

The final resting place of the cats that once belonged to a Brazilian actress.

The geographic center point of the Golden State.

An eerie natural formation that looks right back at you.

Hawaii’s largest cemetery rests inside an extinct volcano crater.

In the Arabian Desert, a surreal rock formation stands cut clean in half.

The first musical instrument of its kind to be built in the United States—and the world’s tallest.

No one knows the story behind the mysterious feline perched on this rooftop.

This crumbling warehouse was once the third-largest cannery in the U.S. and the first in the world to can green asparagus.

According to local folklore, a demon left his handprints on these boulders, which became the prefecture’s namesake.

A bizarre, tuberculosis sanatorium-themed café moonlighting as an underground art gallery.

One of Vienna’s oldest (and perhaps most haunted) alleys, allegedly with a bloody past that gave it its name.

The largest Walmart Supercenter in the United States, referred to affectionately as “Mallmart,” has served the residents of Albany, New York, since 1994.

A museum dedicated to the strange and extravagant costumes and memorabilia of the mummers, a tradition older than Philadelphia itself.

Tucked among the sand dunes overlooking a Welsh beach, a real-life tribute to a fictional elf.