Places soimlostagain Wants to Go

A church filled with the bones of hundreds of virgins martyrs—or so they say.

An intricate and amazing house built by architect Karl Junker.

"The most colorful grottoes of the world.

The site of the famous Nazi book burning campaign of 1933 remembers its "Night of Shame".

The 1936 Summer Olympics site is a crumbling remnant of sportsmanship and a history its host country would like to forget.

Gardens representing parts of Asia, Europe, and the Mid East are tucked away among the Soviet-style buildings in East Berlin.

A striking 12th-century-style castle built on the edge of a cliff.

A sprawling Baroque park with 300-year-old hydro-pneumatic waterworks.

Art and a pun, all in one.

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

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.

Ruins of a German castle on top of a towering stone pillar.

The largest free-standing aquarium in the world resides in a hotel lobby in Berlin.

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

The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.

A tour of underground Berlin takes you through WWII air raid shelters and tunnels used to smuggle people out of East Germany.

This futuristic German spa allows visitors to float in a pool of salt water while zoning out to underwater techno.

An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.

This charming cobbled backstreet is the most Instagramable street in Paris, much to the residents' annoyance.

The remains of one of the last mining camps developed on the New River.

Strange rock formations tower above the river that snakes through this enchanting Icelandic canyon.

The most powerful waterfall in all of Europe.

This elegant arc of a waterfall marks a religious turning point.