Places mailmichiel Wants to Go

One of the last realized projects of an influential, self-taught, French Modernist architect Jacques Couëlle.

The world's first funicular powered by a steam engine.

In 1888, a resident of Xagħra, Malta, discovered a small underground chamber filled with stalactites and stalagmites when digging a well.

A small cave network was discovered under a home in Xagħra, in 1924 when the owner was digging a well.

The fishing boats that moor in this small lagoon enter and leave through a tunnel to the sea.

People have been making salt here using traditional methods for centuries.

Listen to Malta’s musical heritage while relaxing in the park.

These clocks tell time in a theological sense.

This prison on the Maltese island of Gozo is almost 500 years old, and they have the graffiti to prove it.

This 19th-century aqueduct provides insights into how water was supplied to Victoria on the island of Gozo before modern plumbing.

Disused seaplane hangar gets a second life as the jaw-dropping home of Estonia's museum of maritime history.

A former imperial sea-fortress and Soviet prison.

An empty relic of the Moscow Olympics crumbles away in Estonia's capital.

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

Reminders of the Battle of Berlin still scar the railway.

These brass bunnies honor the rabbits that dominated the no-man's-land around the Berlin Wall.

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.

Once a path for Jewish funeral processions, this unassuming alleyway is rich in local lore.

Inside this Jewish cemetery is a memorial to soldiers who deserted the German army and were executed.

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

The world’s narrowest house makes for an awkward, four-foot-wide living space.

This hidden collection of everyday objects illustrates life within communist Poland.