Places hanssterkendries Wants to Go

Rising from the sea like a stone monster.

This wrecked ghost ship has been rusting on a Greek beach since the 1980s.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

A spectacular cave and a beguiling lake.

A surprisingly beautiful abandoned World War II military base in East Greenland.

Revitalization efforts converted a former U.S. military heliport into a sprawling urban park.

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

From Nazi chemicals to the CIA, this architectural marvel has played a fascinating role in German history.

Walk inside a half mile long crevice right outside the town of Garmisch Partenkirchen.

As lake waters recede, a German village reemerges after more than a hundred years.

The largest brick bridge in the world.

A strange rock formation with numerous legends trying to explain it.

This German version of Universal Studios holds a vault of treasures from the NeverEnding Story.

This Nazi-built amphitheater was constructed on a sacred mountain site used by various German cults.

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.

This "floating railway" is one of the world's oldest monorail systems.

An abandoned NSA listening post on Berlin's "Devil's Mountain."

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

Take respite inside this jaw-dropping church while climbing the volcano where Georgia's Prometheus was once chained.

A once drab public housing estate is transformed into a colorful gallery of trompe l’oeil murals.

This disused boat elevator was saved from the scrap heap so that visitors could tour its rusting skeleton.

This unusual piece of Renaissance art depicting the bodily horror of crucifixion and skin disease may have been inspired by fungus-induced hallucinations.

Shattered columns and Egyptian pyramids outside of Paris.

A Christian retreat founded to welcome refugees fleeing from the Nazis during World War II.