Places annikaa Wants to Go

This proud Teutonic warrior rises out of a German forest heralding a victory and measuring lightning.

On the highest peak in the Harz Mountains, science and the occult faced off in a failed attempt to turn a goat into a boy.

This natural "sea of stones" was once used by the Romans as a quarry.

Take a walk in a recreation of ancient Rome.

Constructed by forced laborers, this submarine pen is now a museum and war memorial.

An officers prison camp believed to be impregnable by the Germans saw over 30 successful escapes.

The birthplace of Karl Marx is now a museum dedicated to the communist revolutionary's life and work.

A strange rock formation with numerous legends trying to explain it.

This abandoned coliseum was intended to be a grand Nazi rallying ground before it was halted at the end of the war.

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

A castle from the Holy Roman Empire that hosts traveling youth... in its stables.

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

This platform is now a memorial dedicated to those who were deported during the Holocaust.

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

Reminders of the Battle of Berlin still scar the railway.

At one of Berlin’s oldest churches, visitors can place mosaic tiles to help restore a medieval mural.

The last remnants of a massive medieval wall that once encompassed the city of Berlin.

These former Nazi anti-aircraft towers offer a singular view of the north of Berlin in the summer, and a sanctuary for bats in winter.

Berlin's old airport.

The walls of Germany's Parliament still show the scars of the Red Army takeover in World War II.

This little museum is making sure that the art and history of the graffiti sticker is not scraped from history.

Super-heavy Nazi architectural experiment.

A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.

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