Places fcgrani16 Wants to Go

An imperial church bombed to ruins during WWII now stands as a jagged memorial.

A towering monument to war, located on a beautifully peaceful hill.

David Robert Jones was a Berliner — from 1976–1978

Art installations, derelict railcars, and endangered grasshoppers all call this south Berlin park home.

Started as a kitchen garden, now the second largest botanical garden in the world.

This ancient ruined monastery has been destroyed by fire so many times that it seems like God hates it.

What was once thought to be a wellspring of unicorn bones is actually just a prehistoric burial site.

The many—66 to be exact—faces of the German forest.

Wander among free-roaming storks at the sanctuary that helped save them from local extinction.

A colossal sculptural lion built by the same man who designed the Statue of Liberty.

A hauntingly preserved early 20th-century industrial flour mill featuring a grand central tower, ornate spiral staircases, and original milling machinery left untouched.

Strange rock formations tower above the river that snakes through this enchanting Icelandic canyon.

The entrance to this Frankfurt subway station looks like an old tram car crashed into the concrete sidewalk.

A German apartment building hosting as many trees as human occupants.

The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.

The oldest Jewish cemetery in Europe survived Hitler's Germany.

Beautiful Austrian natural history museum with carved ceilings and row after row of ancient taxidermy.

A mechanical clock built in 1914, with a rotation of 12 historical figures on its face.

Vienna's diversity-themed traffic lights were inspired by the Eurovision Song Contest.

This triumphal 16th-century arched gateway leads to the oldest street in Palermo.

The middle finger of modernity.

Thousands of rock-cut tombs fill the cliffs of this Sicilian nature preserve.

This demon atop the Notre-Dame de Paris looks utterly bored.

The unique design of these skyscrapers in a Paris suburb led to them being nicknamed "cloud towers."