Places Sternenfeuer Wants to Go

Two rocks in a perpetual kiss and one of "the most romantic spot in America."

This eagle-topped spire remembers the military commander who snatched up California for the United States.

A tree grown from astronaut seeds which were exposed to cosmic rays.

The reason for the strange contortions in the trunks of these "drunken" pine trees in Russia is still a mystery.

These tiny cabins on a cableway have been carrying visitors at a Baltic resort down to the beach since 1912.

This monument commemorates the soldiers who fought for 16 hours straight to penetrate this concrete fort.

A small part of Russia that does not touch any other part of Russia.

Palace where the nearly un-killable Rasputin was murdered.

An American city stranded at the tip of a Canadian peninsula where strict adherence to the "49th parallel rule" became problematic.

The easternmost town in Alaska can only be accessed from Canada.

This super-sized statue is the only public memorial to the deal that ended America's neutrality during World War II.

The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.

This Alaskan town appoints the general store's resident feline as honorary mayor.

Siberian husky that delivered a life-saving antitoxin.

Colorful boxes placed over the dead are left to rot and crumble.

The beginning of the historic Iditarod Trail connecting the Alaskan cities of Seward and Nome.

The remains of the first saint from Alaska in the Russian Orthodox Church.

A cylinder monument with a spectacular vista commemorates a friendship that some say never existed.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

This residential door allows San Francisco muggles a glimpse at the wizarding world.

The rest of him lived another 61 years and was buried elsewhere.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

The stones that traveled from Spain to eventually become a holy place for San Francisco's nature worshippers.

This turn of the century masterpiece has a mysterious goaty interloper.