Places Cost Wants to Go

Two men, two visionaries of Venice Beach, one little hotel that smells like cookies.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

An abandoned swimming pool decays on the outskirts of Berlin.

The music is over at the Ballhaus Riviera Ballroom, but the ballroom remains in haunting disrepair.

Berlin's oldest surviving academic architecture hosted decades of animal dissections.

Named after a militant urban guerilla, this famous former squat is a graffiti-covered stronghold of leftist culture.

When German-Iraqi relations broke down, this embassy was vacated post haste.

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

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.

A unique Holocaust memorial tells the personal stories of the Jewish residents exiled from greater Berlin.

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

From toys to kettles to scientific instruments, this German museum celebrates the beauty of 20th century design.

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

A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.

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

A collection of abandoned typographic signs from Berlin and beyond.

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

A slice of central Asia in the middle of Berlin.

An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.

This lesser-known Frank Gehry building houses a treasure trove of cinema history.

Architect Le Corbusier built his friend a cubist house to match his impressive collection of cubist art.