Places AdrianB Wants to Go

Soaring over 6,000 feet in the Bavarian Alps, this beer garden was once Hitler's 50th birthday present.

The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.

Skeletons dressed in extravagant 18th century royal costumes cavort in the aisles of this German basilica.

A sprawling Baroque park with 300-year-old hydro-pneumatic waterworks.

The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”

This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.

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

This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.

Taste freshly foraged yarrow and black locust blossoms at this ambitious cocktail bar.

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

This German bone house contains the remains of some 20,000 souls.

You've probably seen these distinctive orange-tiled columns on the big screen.

For patriotic Russians, this memorial honoring the Soviet soldiers who died liberating Berlin in 1945 is the most sacred location outside of Russia.

An old tram depot transformed into a vintage car paradise.

This obscene artwork on the side of a newspaper office pokes fun at a rival paper's former editor-in-chief.

A monument to the man who almost killed Hitler.

One of downtown Berlin's last reminders of its Communist past.

Visitors can explore the role of mysticism throughout the ages inside this interactive museum of magic.

Berlin's natural history museum houses the world's largest mounted dinosaur and the late beloved polar bear Knut.

A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.

An abandoned NSA listening post on Berlin's "Devil's Mountain."

Art and a pun, all in one.

A slice of central Asia in the middle of Berlin.

The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.