San Antonio de Pichincha, Ecuador
Middle of the World
An elaborate shrine dedicated to the four corners of the world unfortunately misses its mark.
Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
San Antonio de Pichincha, Ecuador
An elaborate shrine dedicated to the four corners of the world unfortunately misses its mark.
Banos, Ecuador
A swing to dangle you off the very edge.
Villa de Leyva, Colombia
A museum built around a bus-sized fossil on the side of the highway.
Zipaquira, Colombia
Cathedral carved out of salt, located a mile below the Earth's surface.
Laboe, Germany
This monument to those fallen in the World Wars is accompanied by a U-boat that Germany bought for a Deutsche Mark.
Dresden, Germany
This Dresden church was purposely rebuilt Protestant after being demolished in World War II.
Hamburg, Germany
This contentious squat has stood through fire, violence, and government intervention as a hotbed of leftist protest.
Hamburg, Germany
Hamburg's first legal sex work is relegated to a gated street that still does not allow pedestrian women.
Berlin, Germany
Gardens representing parts of Asia, Europe, and the Mid East are tucked away among the Soviet-style buildings in East Berlin.
Berlin, Germany
An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.
Berlin, Germany
A century-old shot ball factory tower is open to the public once a year.
Oranienburg, Germany
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.
Berlin, Germany
Floating swimming pool within a moored vessel.
Berlin, Germany
This classic restaurant features a gorgeous mirror-clad room.
Berlin, Germany
A slice of central Asia in the middle of Berlin.
Berlin, Germany
The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.
Berlin, Germany
An old department store turned Nazi prison turned artist commune.
Berlin, Germany
The site of the famous Nazi book burning campaign of 1933 remembers its "Night of Shame".
Berlin, Germany
Cold war icon and onetime "hole" in the iron curtain.
Berlin, Germany
Berlin's natural history museum houses the world's largest mounted dinosaur and the late beloved polar bear Knut.
Berlin, Germany
The bunker where Hitler took his own life is hidden under this deliberately ordinary parking lot.
Berlin, Germany
Tiny memorials honor individual victims of the Holocaust.
Berlin, Germany
Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.
Berlin, Germany
A sweet museum focused on beets.