Places Siris Wants to Go

This 22-floor tower's Skydeck offers panoramic views of Amsterdam.

An ancient passage filled with stalls selling used books, once frequented by Vincent Van Gogh.

An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.

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

Twisted buildings adorn the banks of the Rhine river.

The world's most delightful not-NOT-religion welcomes visitors to the town of Templin, just like its more stoic peers.

The "Prussian Versailles" that is as glorious today as when it was built.

Striking occult iconography on a medieval German church.

Terrifying derelict military hospital once housed a recuperating Hitler.

Golden cobblestones remember a time when this small alley was used to avoid having to give a Nazi salute.

A stonemason's hilarious revenge came in the form of this peculiarly positioned gargoyle.

This decommissioned nuclear power plant offers tours of its Communist-era control room and reactor hall.

This giant, 83-year-old ship elevator is an engineering feat to behold.

Centuries of warfare, tragedy, executions, and poetry come together in this 13th-century fortress.

This poignant tribute to the White Rose movement showcases artifacts related to the heroic anti-Nazi struggle.

These tenacious 14th-century towers defied demolition and are now a fairytale vacation rental.

A tilted half-timbered house from 1672 is built into a salvaged segment of a medieval wall.

This strategic isle was once swapped between empires and almost entirely destroyed in a bomb explosion.

For patriotic Russians, this memorial honoring the Soviet soldiers who died liberating Berlin in 1945 is the most sacred location outside of Russia.

The 1852 novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin" lends its name to a subway station, a street, and several shops on the edge of Berlin.

Take a walk in a recreation of ancient Rome.

A ruined castle stands atop a hill surrounded by dragon lore.

Tourists often confuse this beautifully ornate former cigarette factory for a mosque.

This platform is now a memorial dedicated to those who were deported during the Holocaust.