Places eagleblogger Wants to Go

A collection of artworks exclusively created by the mentally ill that was almost burned by Nazi culture police.

This historic funicular system combines the old with the new while offering delightful views over the surrounding valley.

Sitting in the basement of a castle, the largest wine barrel in the world is bigger than most apartments.

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

This former Nazi castle was built as a school to train what would have been the future of the Third Reich.

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

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

During World War II, the Nazis repurposed this beer cellar to store stolen artwork.

Hidden in the forest are the crumbling, graffiti-covered remains of the factory where most of Germany's explosives were produced during World War II.

Now overgrown, these anti-tank barriers from World War II are sometimes called "dragon's teeth."

This small Bavarian graveyard is filled with empty graves for German soldiers lost during the World Wars.

A museum that chronicles the history of the Nuremberg Trials for Nazi war criminals in the building where the trials were once held.

This unique museum is home to over 5,000 puppets of all types.

A plaque honoring a Hungarian hero of Italy is hidden in plain sight in Palermo.

A study of Fascist era Art Deco design in Italy.

A network of underground water channels that dates back to the Middle Ages.

This Arabesque Italian castle was built with a primitive, if ingenious, air-conditioning system.

Every inch of this chapel is covered in craftsmanship from across the world.

This triumphal 16th-century arched gateway leads to the oldest street in Palermo.

Haunting graffiti left by prisoners of the Spanish Inquisition.

A martyred saint built a nunnery and school for girls here known as the "Parthenon."

This Ottoman-era Greek Orthodox Church was built to honor Agia Pareskevi, a Christian saint.

With no menu and no sign, this 130-year-old taverna doles out affordable home cooking.

An ancient Greek monument and a Byzantine church coexist inside this cave.