Places kcapon3 Wants to Go

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.

A striking 12th-century-style castle built on the edge of a cliff.

A sprawling Baroque park with 300-year-old hydro-pneumatic waterworks.

The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”

This cannonball embedded in the side of an Edinburgh house once served a surprisingly pedestrian purpose.

The highest lighthouse in Scotland shines from an abandoned island.

Edinburgh's oldest statue hides within a parking lot behind the city's iconic cathedral.

This tiny weathered plot is one of the oldest Jewish cemeteries in Scotland.

An artistic interpretation of the history of a Scottish park, combining poetry with anthropomorphic animals.

These ruins of a medieval church are full of architectural mysteries.

A magician and his beloved, pampered canine were buried together, within days of each other, due to a tragic twist of fate.

Poetic, metallic giraffes adorn a square off an Edinburgh thoroughfare.

This sculpture commemorates Edinburgh's sister city and their respective celebrity dogs.

This charming old building's loose connection with the Scottish Reformer is what saved it from demolition after it split apart.

Scotland's oldest purpose-built concert hall houses an incredible collection of ornate, centuries-old keyboards.

One of Edinburgh's most popular works of street art is located well off the beaten path.

Though difficult to access, this stunning cave has a place in Scotland's poetic history.

Edinburgh’s version of the Sistine Chapel is this former church, with an interior covered in paintings done by one woman over the course of nearly a decade.

This castle resides in a valley known for immense bloodshed during the Middle Ages.

A series of three shiny letters mark the boundary of an old refuge for those being pursued by debt collectors.

This stack of stones honors a murdered 18th-century woman.

The location of this historic castle was inspired by a donkey.

Many of Edinburgh's more unsavory characters spent their final days behind this door while awaiting their executions.

An ancient stone wall formed by lava that was a frequent stop during funeral marches.