Places phillygazard Wants to Go

You've probably seen these distinctive orange-tiled columns on the big screen.

For more than 170 years, this family-run bakery has been serving Berlin’s best Baumkuchen, or “tree cake.”

Taste freshly foraged yarrow and black locust blossoms at this ambitious cocktail bar.

Blitzkrieg bop your way through Berlin's Ramones Museum.

One of downtown Berlin's last reminders of its Communist past.

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

A collection of abandoned typographic signs from Berlin and beyond.

An abandoned NSA listening post on Berlin's "Devil's Mountain."

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.

This classic restaurant features a gorgeous mirror-clad room.

A wunderkammer of mysterious objects and stories.

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

Started as a kitchen garden, now the second largest botanical garden in the world.

A whimsical and twisted animatronic monster tour beneath the streets of Berlin.

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

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

Dedicated to the works of the legendary special effects artist.

An eerie, existential museum dedicated to the author of "The Metamorphosis."

This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”

Walk through Czech history in Prague's largest graveyard.

This tribute to the 16th-century composer is now an unusual shrine to Michael Jackson.

This magnificent museum claims to house the cranium of a disciple and the skull of a pope.

This century-old cinema house has a marquee that has been hand painted by a single man for over 25 years.