Places GeneralWaffles Wants to Go

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

There are two dozen tanks just sitting in an open field in Lower Saxony.

The ruined remains of the airport Claus von Stauffenberg departed in his failed attempt to kill Adolf Hitler.

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.

An abandoned swimming pool decays on the outskirts of Berlin.

An elevator into the Baltic Sea.

This conical hill was built as a testing ground for an engineer known as the Glider King.

Terrifying derelict military hospital once housed a recuperating Hitler.

The 1936 Summer Olympics site is a crumbling remnant of sportsmanship and a history its host country would like to forget.

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

A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.

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

A state-of-the-art medical facility from the Imperial era is now a derelict ruin.

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

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

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

A book collector's dream, this Toronto bookstore has the world's first "Biblio-Mat," a random book vending machine.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.

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