Places babewithclaws Wants to Go

The French deconstructionist had a weakness for baked goods.

One man’s obsessive, 30-plus-year quest is behind the pies at this spot on the Lower East Side.

New York's transit system peddles terrible food in limited windows—this restaurant is a rare exception.

With a history dating back to Victorian times, this architectural gem is a rare New York tourist haunt worth visiting.

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

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

Home to 10,000 medical specimens including the remains of Rudolf Virchow's extensive collection of pathological specimens.

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

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

A surreal museum of extraordinary industrial objects.

This classic restaurant features a gorgeous mirror-clad room.

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

From toys to kettles to scientific instruments, this German museum celebrates the beauty of 20th century design.

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

The bunker where Hitler took his own life is hidden under this deliberately ordinary parking lot.

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

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

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

A wunderkammer of mysterious objects and stories.

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

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

Started as a kitchen garden, now the second largest botanical garden in the world.

The Tübingen University anatomical collection hosts an example of an extremely rare medical phenomenon.

A striking 12th-century-style castle built on the edge of a cliff.