Places higherflip Wants to Go

The skeletal frame of a decommissioned gas-pumping station offers breathtaking views of greater Berlin.

A wunderkammer of mysterious objects and stories.

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.

Known simply as "The Hand," this famous public sculpture in Berlin was featured in a Depeche Mode music video.

After a nearly successful attempt on Hitler's life, the conspirators met their fate in the courtyard of this Berlin building.

One of downtown Berlin's last reminders of its Communist past.

The walls of Germany's Parliament still show the scars of the Red Army takeover in World War II.

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

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.

Beneath the impressive baroque cathedral that rises from the center of Berlin lies the largest collection of Prussian royals in the world.

Someone loved this song enough to carve all of its lyrics onto a tree trunk in a Berlin park.

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

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

Home to 10,000 medical specimens including the remains of Rudolf Virchow's extensive collection of pathological specimens.

The site of the famous Nazi book burning campaign of 1933 remembers its "Night of Shame".

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

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

This Berlin island is home to a flock of free-roaming peacocks, as well as a historic ivory folly.

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

Art and a pun, all in one.

This classic restaurant features a gorgeous mirror-clad room.

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