Places BerylliumConquest Wants to Go

The last Tsar of Russia constructed this private church just so he could attend services when visiting his wife's hometown.

A slice of central Asia in the middle of Berlin.

Dancing skeletal figures pay homage to a medieval mural destroyed during World War II.

An abandoned train station in Munich constructed for the 1972 Olympic games.

Every half hour the eye-rolling clock face sticks out its tongue to mock the good citizens of Koblenz.

The castle where Martin Luther secretly translated the New Testament from Greek to German while in hiding.

A fearsome dragon clings to a corner of Munich's city hall.

A Black Forest cuckoo clock theme park features one timepiece big enough to walk inside.

The 1936 Summer Olympics site is a crumbling remnant of sportsmanship and a history its host country would like to forget.

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

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

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

This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.

An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.

This 8th-century Bavarian monastery is home to an exquisite Baroque-era library.

You can still ride this 100-year-old work of art in Brooklyn's largest public park.

Known as the "Dodo Manège," this carousel features a herd of animals that have disappeared—or may be gone soon.

Inspired by a music box, a small town Vietnam vet carved an entire carousel full of animals by hand.

Home to the ancient Roman temple of a lesser-known Celtic god that inspired J. R. R. Tolkien and H. P. Lovecraft.

This German version of Universal Studios holds a vault of treasures from the NeverEnding Story.

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

Art and a pun, all in one.