Places IrajV Wants to Go

An imperial church bombed to ruins during WWII now stands as a jagged memorial.

A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.

The final resting place of many of Germany's most famous communists.

A museum in the building where Nazi Germany signed its surrender tells the story of World War II from the Soviet perspective.

From Iggy Pop to David Bowie to Nick Cave, this regal music studio has served some of the all time greats.

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.

A slice of central Asia in the middle of Berlin.

The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.

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

The bunker where Hitler took his own life is hidden under this deliberately ordinary parking lot.

Berlin's natural history museum houses the world's largest mounted dinosaur and the late beloved polar bear Knut.

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

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

A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.

An unusual collection of self-made musical instruments and unique noises.

The California secessionist movement has its own foreign embassy, in Russia of all places.

Dozens of padlock-trees along the Moscow River.

More than a millennium's worth of municipal records preserve the political history of Austria.

The medieval "Bearded Man" relief still serves as a clever flood warning marker.

A crucified and bearded female saint.

A saintly relic hidden in a Prague church basement.

Microscopic scenes; some call it novelty, some call it art.

The hidden lair of an alchemist rediscovered in a 2002 flood.