Places CL Tee Wants to Go

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

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

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

A wunderkammer of mysterious objects and stories.

An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.

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

A museum dedicated to the history of a terrifying secret police is now held in their former headquarters.

Ruins of a German castle on top of a towering stone pillar.

The largest free-standing aquarium in the world resides in a hotel lobby in Berlin.

A surreal museum of extraordinary industrial objects.

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

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

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

A slice of central Asia in the middle of Berlin.

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

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

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

This outdoor library provides around-the-clock access to around 7,000 books.

This natural hill rose another 130 feet from the debris and rubble added after World War II.

Remnants of a cone-shaped Nazi bomb shelter.

An old slaughterhouse now holds the largest collection of pig artifacts.

Etched into a dry lake bed, this massive directional indicator is accurate without magnets.

Abandoned hotel with adjacent lake and golf course.

This former peat factory was transformed into an observatory before being abandoned once again.