Places Petronille Wants to Go

This unique Renaissance castle was turned into a home for Nazi occultism.

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

From Iggy Pop to David Bowie to Nick Cave, this regal music studio has served some of the all time greats.

When German-Iraqi relations broke down, this embassy was vacated post haste.

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.

Golden cobblestones remember a time when this small alley was used to avoid having to give a Nazi salute.

An elevator into the Baltic Sea.

The prototype for all Nazi concentration camps.

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

This conical hill was built as a testing ground for an engineer known as the Glider King.

Terrifying derelict military hospital once housed a recuperating Hitler.

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

Floating swimming pool within a moored vessel.

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

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

A small but immensely extravagant palace built by the "Night King."

This historic stone bridge has an entire neighborhood clinging to its sides.

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

Super-heavy Nazi architectural experiment.

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

A unique Holocaust memorial tells the personal stories of the Jewish residents exiled from greater Berlin.

Home to 10,000 medical specimens including the remains of Rudolf Virchow's extensive collection of pathological specimens.

What started as a tongue-in-cheek shrine is now a full-blown museum celebrating "The Hoff" and his longtime love affair with Berlin.

An intricate and amazing house built by architect Karl Junker.