Places annikaaa Wants to Go

These paved rills bring freshwater into Altstadt and could spell wedding bells for whoever stumbles into the waters.

This remarkable parking garage in Darmstadt has lived several lives and still contains remnants of its World War I past.

Hidden in the forest are the crumbling, graffiti-covered remains of the factory where most of Germany's explosives were produced during World War II.

Once a path for Jewish funeral processions, this unassuming alleyway is rich in local lore.

The world's first jet-powered aircraft were assembled by the Germans in this secret factory in the forest during WWII.

The world's first and only museum dedicated to dachshunds.

A decomissioned facility where the German "Transrapid" maglev trains were once tested.

While you wait to cross the street at a traffic light in Mainz, you might notice that the light is staring back at you.

The remnants of a fictional Viking village film set now serve as an educational and historical hotspot.

A former customs station on the border of Germany and the Netherlands.

A museum that chronicles the history of the Nuremberg Trials for Nazi war criminals in the building where the trials were once held.

Revitalization efforts converted a former U.S. military heliport into a sprawling urban park.

This towering church is home to a world-famous organ and a treasure trove of medieval art.

The Siege of Naarden ended in 1814, but the cannonballs embedded in the town church remain.

This Dutch art piece became a Russian icon.

This unique sculpture proved invaluable when it saved a train from careening off the tracks.

These lights mark the area of Rotterdam that was bombed and burned in 1940.

Found in the waddenzee, this propeller has been put on public display as a reminder of the Second World War.

An icon of International Style architecture on the outskirts of Rotterdam.

A bridge that has seen many reiterations over its lifetime.

A massive stone fox oversees a Rotterdam elementary school crosswalk.

A poignant museum dedicated to the history of the Dutch resistance against Nazi occupation

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

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