Places KingSmithy Wants to Go

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

These bronze pamphlets remember a remarkable group of Germans who fearlessly opposed the Nazis in the very center of their power.

An elevator into the Baltic Sea.

The prototype for all Nazi concentration camps.

A restaurant and observation deck built in a unique broadcasting antenna.

Berlin's old airport.

Between Neo-Pagans and Neo-Nazis, these strange rock formations have a curious cult following and a very strange history.

This historic stone bridge has an entire neighborhood clinging to its sides.

A small but immensely extravagant palace built by the "Night King."

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

The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.

Super-heavy Nazi architectural experiment.

A stairway to heaven, or to nowhere at all.

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

When the rain falls, this drain system turns into a musical instrument.

Soaring over 6,000 feet in the Bavarian Alps, this beer garden was once Hitler's 50th birthday present.

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

An intricate and amazing house built by architect Karl Junker.

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

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

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

Where once there was a train station bathroom, there is now this German burger joint.

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

A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.