Places amarionknh Wants to Go

Super-heavy Nazi architectural experiment.

Slaughterhouse Five opens its dank doors to fans of Kurt Vonnegut.

An elevator into the Baltic Sea.

The site of the famous Nazi book burning campaign of 1933 remembers its "Night of Shame".

Where once there was a train station bathroom, there is now this German burger joint.

This unique Renaissance castle was turned into a home for Nazi occultism.

No need to strap in for a “ride” on this walkable roller coaster.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

The prototype for all Nazi concentration camps.

These blingy, baubled skeletons lie in glass boxes inside a baroque Bavarian church.

Between Neo-Pagans and Neo-Nazis, these strange rock formations have a curious cult following and a very strange history.

A stairway to heaven, or to nowhere at all.

A church filled with the bones of hundreds of virgins martyrs—or so they say.

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

This historic stone bridge has an entire neighborhood clinging to its sides.

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

This "floating railway" is one of the world's oldest monorail systems.

This Berlin island is home to a flock of free-roaming peacocks, as well as a historic ivory folly.

A narrow passage next to a cafe leads to a courtyard exploding with murals, tags, and paste-ups.

"The most colorful grottoes of the world.

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

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

An intricate and amazing house built by architect Karl Junker.

Terrifying derelict military hospital once housed a recuperating Hitler.