Places bertshetler Wants to Go

A 12th-century fortress containing some of Berlin's oldest buildings.

Someone loved this song enough to carve all of its lyrics onto a tree trunk in a Berlin park.

Super-heavy Nazi architectural experiment.

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

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

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

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

Art and a pun, all in one.

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

A slice of central Asia in the middle of Berlin.

This futuristic German spa allows visitors to float in a pool of salt water while zoning out to underwater techno.

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

One of the last umbrella repair shops in Paris upholds the nostalgic art of umbrella making.

A mechanized clock where a man fights off a dragon, crab, and rooster.

This emotive sculpture was originally created for the 1878 World's Fair.

A beautiful Victorian statue shows France's enduring love of the rhinoceros.

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

A lone cannonball remains lodged in the walls of the Hotel de Sens as a sober reminder of a revolution.

This frog-themed restaurant was frequented by Picasso, Saint-Exupéry, and more.

A Parisian exterminator's shop whose storefront displays stuffed rats hanging from traps.

This life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame is also a tribute to Princess Diana by default.

Walk through spectacular aisles of hanging meat and wagon wheel–sized cheese at the world's largest wholesale food market.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

A favorite Paris bar for U.S. expats, including Gershwin, Hemingway, and James Bond.