Places Siris Wants to Go

Now overgrown, these anti-tank barriers from World War II are sometimes called "dragon's teeth."

The sweet story of how American cargo planes became known as "Candy Bombers" during the Berlin Blockade.

The prison where Hitler wrote "Mein Kampf," and 278 Nazis were later executed for war crimes.

The small alleys in Lübeck's Old Town are a result of medieval urban sprawl.

A former Nazi lookout tower with a magnificent view of the Rhineland.

Built to test magnetically levitated elevators, the tower also boasts Germany's highest visitor platform.

A century-old shot ball factory tower is open to the public once a year.

A meteorite-bounded town in Bavaria.

The last bastion of Roman presence north of the Alps looms over a German town.

The world's tallest church tower reveals a spectacular view to anyone up to the task of climbing the daunting staircase.

Retirement home for giant obsolete machines.

An abandoned train station in Munich constructed for the 1972 Olympic games.

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

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

The medieval institution is home to the precious treasure stolen in World War II in one of the greatest art thefts of the 20th century.

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

This Dresden church was purposely rebuilt Protestant after being demolished in World War II.

A subterranean display of public art and architecture.

An industrial relic is now one of Europe's most staggering art spaces.

The entrance to this Frankfurt subway station looks like an old tram car crashed into the concrete sidewalk.

The skeletal frame of a decommissioned gas-pumping station offers breathtaking views of greater Berlin.

This ancient ruined monastery has been destroyed by fire so many times that it seems like God hates it.

The industrial monstrosity known as Bagger 258 is a colossal mining machine built in the DDR - but now left for dead in a German field.

This water-tower-turned-high-end-apartment building was once the site of an early Nazi concentration camp.