Places pleiades Wants to Go

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

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

A stairway to heaven, or to nowhere at all.

"The most colorful grottoes of the world.

An intricate and amazing house built by architect Karl Junker.

When the rain falls, this drain system turns into a musical instrument.

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

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

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

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

The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.

This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.

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

A slice of central Asia in the middle of Berlin.

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

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.

This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.

A long-closed church turned into a saintly skate park.

Stained-glass windows inspired by Vincent van Gogh's paintings decorate this church in the town where the artist's career began.

One of the great math minds of the 17th century is underfoot in this 900 year old Dutch church.

Portraits of musicians line Oude Binnenweg, the jazziest street in the city.

Graffiti covers the walls of a room where university students through the centuries have waited nervously to defend their theses.

This public library and its impressive collection of academic books have not changed since the 17th century.