Places mawdsleyem Wants to Go

Beijing's expansive subterranean hiding spot now crumbles away as a tourist destination.

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

Cold war icon and onetime "hole" in the iron curtain.

The walls of Germany's Parliament still show the scars of the Red Army takeover in World War II.

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

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

From toys to kettles to scientific instruments, this German museum celebrates the beauty of 20th century design.

A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.

A wunderkammer of mysterious objects and stories.

An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.

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

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

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

The skeletal frame of a decommissioned gas-pumping station offers breathtaking views of greater Berlin.

Super-heavy Nazi architectural experiment.

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

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

A miniature Italianate fantasy village on the coast of Wales and the set of ITC classic "The Prisoner."