Places reeserich Wants to Go

Blending modern art with Baroque architecture, this wondrous mosaic grotto serves as the late artist's final creation.

After this historic church was destroyed by World War II bombing, its blackened shell was left standing as a monument.

Striking occult iconography on a medieval German church.

This gateway to subterranean Hanover plays jazz, pop and rock to surprised passersby.

A wunderkammer of mysterious objects and stories.

A monument to the man who almost killed Hitler.

After fleeing the Syrian civil war, chef Malakeh Jazmati began serving exceptional renditions of her homeland's cuisine in Berlin.

Antique frame collection with 2,400 frames.

A surreal museum of extraordinary industrial objects.

One of the largest numismatic collections in Europe fell victim to a huge theft.

Ever-changing museum dedicated to graffiti and contemporary street art.

A high point in Vancouver kitsch.

This Elizabethan hedge maze is one of only six in North America.

Locals transformed this Canadian evergreen into a secret hangout with spectacular views of Vancouver's skyline.

This conservatory allows a little bit of the tropics to thrive in the middle of a major Canadian city.

A small part of the local arts scene, this “little free cinema” is part homage to the past, part interactive experience.

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

A nondescript building that's been functioning as a speakeasy for nearly a century and a half.

A mysterious painting of the self-declared Emperor of the United States watches over a local hof-brau.

With the touch of a button, you can read a randomly selected short story.

A Barbary Coast watering hole built into a Gold Rush shipwreck.

One of the last remnants of the city's Chinese nightclub scene is now a dive bar selling killer mai tais.

A pair of mutilated bronze octopuses slump at the base of the monument honoring California's admission to the U.S.