Places Claire043 Wants to Go

A preserved Nazi labor camp now has a Holocaust museum on site and memorials to the thousands that died while imprisoned at the camp.

The largest bell in the world has been swinging high above a Cologne cathedral for almost a century.

The largest brick bridge in the world.

The site of a concentration camp where inmates were made to take part in one of the largest counterfeiting operations in history is now hauntingly empty.

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

The industrial monstrosity known as Bagger 258 is a colossal mining machine built in the DDR - but now left for dead in a German field.

A castle from the Holy Roman Empire that hosts traveling youth... in its stables.

The prototype for all Nazi concentration camps.

Terrifying derelict military hospital once housed a recuperating Hitler.

From Iggy Pop to David Bowie to Nick Cave, this regal music studio has served some of the all time greats.

No need to strap in for a “ride” on this walkable roller coaster.

These former Nazi anti-aircraft towers offer a singular view of the north of Berlin in the summer, and a sanctuary for bats in winter.

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

This World War II bunker now survives as a documentation of the Nazi regime and war crimes.

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

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

For centuries, this town's hot springs have been embraced by rich and poor—and even by Popes.

This decaying complex from the early 1900s was once the site of massive iron and fluorite mines.

An eerie gravel road full of shards of red bricks leads to the ruins of a deserted factory.

A cherry tree growing atop a mulberry tree.

A small island in Lake Garda that was used as a burial site, pirate hideout, and a monastery.

Hidden in a high mountain cave, this hermitage dates back to the ninth century.