Places KingSmithy Wants to Go

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

This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.

Ruins of a German castle on top of a towering stone pillar.

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

The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.

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

This futuristic German spa allows visitors to float in a pool of salt water while zoning out to underwater techno.

A slice of central Asia in the middle of Berlin.

A brush maker used his factory to protect blind Jews from the Gestapo.

The original burial place of this preeminent 18th-century Jewish philosopher was razed by the Nazis.

A solemn reminder of the infamous World War II war crime that massacred almost all the men in a small Greek town.

A narrow passage next to a cafe leads to a courtyard exploding with murals, tags, and paste-ups.

This water-tower-turned-high-end-apartment building was once the site of an early Nazi concentration camp.

Art and a pun, all in one.

A state-of-the-art medical facility from the Imperial era is now a derelict ruin.

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

An abandoned swimming pool decays on the outskirts of Berlin.

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

A museum dedicated to the history of a terrifying secret police is now held in their former headquarters.

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

This TV tower once secretly housed a GDR intelligence team.

The ruined remains of the airport Claus von Stauffenberg departed in his failed attempt to kill Adolf Hitler.

Several of these strange cone-shaped bunkers can still be seen around the former Nazi headquarters.

Explore the complex ecology of this multifaceted nature preserve by riverboat.