Places Archaos Wants to Go

A spectacular walk on the flank of a gorge.

Stormy conditions send jets of seawater bursting through holes in the cliffs.

A small house sits between two huge rocks, with its back to the sea.

This legendary giant, born from vegetables, terrorized townspeople and cheated local children in games.

Village situated on a narrow volcanic escarpment.

There are two dozen tanks just sitting in an open field in Lower Saxony.

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

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

A tree-like building perches on its trunk in the Steglitz neighborhood of Berlin.

Art and a pun, all in one.

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

Floating swimming pool within a moored vessel.

Several of these strange cone-shaped bunkers can still be seen around the former Nazi headquarters.

This strategic isle was once swapped between empires and almost entirely destroyed in a bomb explosion.

An old department store turned Nazi prison turned artist commune.

Electricity pylon standing in the middle of a shelter.

A tour of underground Berlin takes you through WWII air raid shelters and tunnels used to smuggle people out of East Germany.

An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.

The site of a concentration camp where inmates were made to take part in one of the largest counterfeiting operations in history is now hauntingly empty.

A whimsical and twisted animatronic monster tour beneath the streets of Berlin.

A university observatory dome painted to resemble the beloved 'Star Wars' droid.

One of the most easily accessible examples of the rare 1960s UFO houses.

Beloved children's TV characters freckle the German city's streets.

Bursting forth from a historic German neighborhood, these day-glo palaces are now a bright fixture in the town.