Places ckoohle Wants to Go

A century-old shot ball factory tower is open to the public once a year.

This conical hill was built as a testing ground for an engineer known as the Glider King.

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

Super-heavy Nazi architectural experiment.

Gardens representing parts of Asia, Europe, and the Mid East are tucked away among the Soviet-style buildings in East Berlin.

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

This classic restaurant features a gorgeous mirror-clad room.

The real life town from the Pied Piper of Hamelin has a mechanical puppet show that retells the famous story many times a day.

Striking occult iconography on a medieval German church.

Rotterdammers' dirty minds gave this Santa a dirty nickname and cursed it to a life of wandering.

A rare tour of an aristocrat's private home reveals valuable 17th-century paintings from artists like Rembrandt.

This 1920s Amsterdam neighborhood was built as a giant experiment in concrete construction.

A public urinal so pretty, it was declared a national monument.

The former home of a mad diplomat is said to still be marked in bloody, arcane scrawls.

The world's oldest Jewish library was founded by Sephardic Jews in 17th century Amsterdam.

A Dutch passageway's artistic, aquatic-themed makeover pays tribute to the capital city's famed waterways.

This unattributed sculpture in Amsterdam is hiding in plain sight.

This impressive collection of rare books on ancient mysticism inspired author Dan Brown.

This gorgeous reading room houses the oldest and largest art history library in the Netherlands.

This historic Amsterdam bar used to accept sailor's monkeys as payment.

The attic of a four-century-old canal house hides a clandestine church.

This 22-floor tower's Skydeck offers panoramic views of Amsterdam.

The history and future of cannabis.

Established in 1638 to battle the Black Death, this botanical garden is a treasure trove of rare flora.