Places Sternenfeuer Wants to Go

A small piece of Scotland sits in a park in Lower Manhattan.

An East German time capsule caters to nostalgic Germans and curious tourists.

Every spring brings a colorful tribute to this wizardly actor's most famous role.

Beginning as a white quartz gravel mine in the early 20th century, it was turned into a Christian-themed tunnel to present the core messages of the faith.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

A small, but very well curated, museum of cars, propaganda, and toys of socialist Bulgaria.

A pentagram-covered shrine dedicated to a famed court astrologer known in the west as the Merlin of Japan.

Giant wind turbine with observation deck at the very top.

A peaceful Elves-fairytale landscape hides an evil scar, a chasm so dark and daunting that for centuries it was believed to be the gateway to hell.

Blink and you’ll miss it—the tiniest street in America packs a lot of charm into just a few steps.

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.