Places Morgenstern Wants to Go

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

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.

Berliners converted a bombed-out, disused lot into a community-run urban farm with its own cafe and bar.

Beneath the impressive baroque cathedral that rises from the center of Berlin lies the largest collection of Prussian royals in the world.

A 12th-century fortress containing some of Berlin's oldest buildings.

Residents of Berlin take their coffee and cake in one of the city’s most restful spaces: a cemetery.

This World War II bunker now survives as a documentation of the Nazi regime and war crimes.

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

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

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

A macabre anatomy museum tucked within an old Italian hospital.

The abandoned "Ghost Mansion" was left to decay in the mountains of Northern Italy.

A massive mausoleum towers over the gravestones in a 19th-century Italian "model village."

This half-finished "city of toys" was almost Italy's own Las Vegas.

This curious building hides eclectic details like medieval gargoyles alongside naked angels and Art Nouveau mosaics.

The odd depiction of the Virgin Mary and baby Jesus is rooted in the Catholic Church's eradication of Catharism.

Remnants of cone-shaped fascist bomb shelters in Milan.

Long-abandoned art nouveau baths beneath Milan's Piazza Oberdan.

Vast network of air raid tunnels beneath Lombardy's capital.

The ghostly remains of a gunpowder mill lost in 70 hectares of thick woods.