Places obstakel Wants to Go

These bronze pamphlets remember a remarkable group of Germans who fearlessly opposed the Nazis in the very center of their power.

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.

Berlin's old airport.

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

"The most colorful grottoes of the world.

This little museum is making sure that the art and history of the graffiti sticker is not scraped from history.

Soaring over 6,000 feet in the Bavarian Alps, this beer garden was once Hitler's 50th birthday present.

This "floating railway" is one of the world's oldest monorail systems.

Super-heavy Nazi architectural experiment.

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

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

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

Visitors can explore the role of mysticism throughout the ages inside this interactive museum of magic.

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

The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.

A striking 12th-century-style castle built on the edge of a cliff.

A sprawling Baroque park with 300-year-old hydro-pneumatic waterworks.

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

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

A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.

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

An old railroad grade built for the construction of Hoover Dam is now a recreational trail featuring several tunnels and sweeping views of Lake Mead.

See Hoover Dam and the bypass bridge from a perspective usually off-limits to the public, and float the upper part of the Black Canyon National Water Trail.