Places Prys Wants to Go

A wunderkammer of exoticism immortalized by Tom Waits.

Executed in 1401, Exhumed in 1878, Stolen in 2010.

Remnants of an exploded schooner and wrecked submarines form a breakwater.

Wax models of disease and deformity are on display at this German medical museum.

A museum honoring Germany’s cucumber mecca offers a great dill of gherkin history.

The natural mummy of the less than chivalrous Knight Kahlbutz.

Explore the complex ecology of this multifaceted nature preserve by riverboat.

It's always summer at the beach inside this former airship hangar.

The site of a concentration camp where inmates were made to take part in one of the largest counterfeiting operations in history is now hauntingly empty.

A quaint Russian village in the middle of a German metropolis.

Germany's Glienicke Bridge has a shady history of clandestine meetings, espionage, and spycraft.

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

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

A restaurant and observation deck built in a unique broadcasting antenna.

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

Metro station with a claim to rock n' roll fame.

A portable, wooden replica (minus the hyphen) of Hamburg’s iconic crooked coffee shop.

Floating swimming pool within a moored vessel.

Berlin's old airport.

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

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

Art and a pun, all in one.

The abandoned remains of this Victorian brewery hide crumbling bowling alleys and rusting industrial gear.

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