Places Riki Wants to Go

Life-sized painted illusions let pedestrians blend in with the street art.

The once-grand remains of this resort are slowly turning into the strange ruins of the future.

A remarkable cabinet of curiosities in an art space in the center of Berlin.

An old department store turned Nazi prison turned artist commune.

A state-of-the-art medical facility from the Imperial era is now a derelict ruin.

An abandoned swimming pool decays on the outskirts of Berlin.

The music is over at the Ballhaus Riviera Ballroom, but the ballroom remains in haunting disrepair.

A statue of an astronomer gazes at the sky as a tribute to Caroline Herschel.

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

This public observatory is home to the "celestial cannon," the longest pointable telescope in the world.

The best bagels in Berlin are tucked away in an independent bookstore.

Superb sweets await at the first Jewish bakery inducted into Berlin’s prestigious baker’s guild.

A dilapidated space station with overtones of 'Alien' and 'Bladerunner' featuring a multiplayer games galore.

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

Art installations, derelict railcars, and endangered grasshoppers all call this south Berlin park home.

An imperial church bombed to ruins during WWII now stands as a jagged memorial.

Concerts, art, offices, and a café in what used to be Berlin's first crematorium.

One of the oldest cemeteries in Germany was originally used for victims of a cholera epidemic.

A towering monument to war, located on a beautifully peaceful hill.

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

A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.

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

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

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