Places ssrismith Wants to Go

A former ironworks that was the first UNESCO industrial site.

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

The world's oldest rose is so tough it survived being bombed in World War II.

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

This former steel and coal plant is now a neon-lit industrial fantasia.

From toys to kettles to scientific instruments, this German museum celebrates the beauty of 20th century design.

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

This extremely narrow tenement boasts a maximum occupancy of just two.

An elevator into the Baltic Sea.

The abandoned remains of this Victorian brewery hide crumbling bowling alleys and rusting industrial gear.

Goethe's "Faust" was inspired by these rock formations known as the "Devil's Pulpit" and "Witches' Altar."

Come stay at a live-in art installation.

The oldest Jewish cemetery in Europe survived Hitler's Germany.

Retirement home for giant obsolete machines.

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

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.

Super-heavy Nazi architectural experiment.

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

What was once thought to be a wellspring of unicorn bones is actually just a prehistoric burial site.

A German apartment building hosting as many trees as human occupants.

A museum dedicated to the history of a terrifying secret police is now held in their former headquarters.

Silent memorial, using bone conduction to take people back to the Dresden Bombing of 1945.

Art and a pun, all in one.

"The most colorful grottoes of the world.