Places nealpwright Wants to Go

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

The world's first clock to use set theory as a measure of time required the invention of a new light bulb just to maintain its obtuse measurements.

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

Named after a militant urban guerilla, this famous former squat is a graffiti-covered stronghold of leftist culture.

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

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

A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.

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

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

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

The music is over at the Ballhaus Riviera Ballroom, but the ballroom remains in haunting disrepair.

Super-heavy Nazi architectural experiment.

A tree-like building perches on its trunk in the Steglitz neighborhood of Berlin.

A tour of underground Berlin takes you through WWII air raid shelters and tunnels used to smuggle people out of East Germany.

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

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

A collection of abandoned typographic signs from Berlin and beyond.

A slice of central Asia in the middle of Berlin.

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

This classic restaurant features a gorgeous mirror-clad room.

This professional clown's home is an outsider art wonderland.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

A brewery warehouse which doubles as a circus bigtop.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.