Places sammckeand Wants to Go

One of the world's largest ancient burial mounds.

A monument to the man who almost killed Hitler.

Reminders of the Battle of Berlin still scar the railway.

A haunting contrast of trains that both saved and took the lives of Jewish children in Nazi Germany.

Cold war icon and onetime "hole" in the iron curtain.

Tiny memorials honor individual victims of the Holocaust.

Celebrating the works of a beloved Italian actor, known for such cult films as 'They Call Me Trinity' and 'Watch Out, We’re Mad!'

Largely overlooked, this little fountain on Museum Island is a whimsical tribute to a Prussian king nicknamed the “Fatty Flounder.”

The original burial place of this preeminent 18th-century Jewish philosopher was razed by the Nazis.

A narrow passage next to a cafe leads to a courtyard exploding with murals, tags, and paste-ups.

A brush maker used his factory to protect blind Jews from the Gestapo.

At one of Berlin’s oldest churches, visitors can place mosaic tiles to help restore a medieval mural.

The bunker where Hitler took his own life is hidden under this deliberately ordinary parking lot.

A new sculpture calls attention to climate change in the centuries-old city it threatens.

A small island less than half a mile from Venice is a forbidden island with a dark and twisted past.

This deconsecrated church has seen many uses, from a tobacco storehouse to a cinema.

According to tradition this is the oldest church in Venice, but its actual age is a mystery.

In the past, Renaissance sex workers were encouraged to entice customers on this bridge.

Thousand-year-old Viking runes adorn an ancient Greek lion at the entrance to the Venetian Arsenal.

100 year tradition of fist fights, marked by marble footsteps.

Hanging within this medieval church are the bones of a beast allegedly slain by a fourth-century saint.

This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.

As can be expected from a centuries-old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.

This medieval church is not only notable for its architecture, but also its connection with LGBTQ+ history.