Places Umeko Wants to Go

Scotland's oldest purpose-built concert hall houses an incredible collection of ornate, centuries-old keyboards.

Terrifying derelict military hospital once housed a recuperating Hitler.

A tree-like building perches on its trunk in the Steglitz neighborhood of Berlin.

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

Fall down the rabbit hole into a surreal journey of human consciousness "from ass to soul."

An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.

Art and a pun, all in one.

Berlin's natural history museum houses the world's largest mounted dinosaur and the late beloved polar bear Knut.

A slice of central Asia in the middle of Berlin.

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

Since 1874, this macabre collection has developed into a museum devoted to Scotland Yard's mementos of dastardly deeds.

A charming "tea atelier" hidden away in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

A library and shop devoted to the body, mortality, and bringing to light forgotten or neglected histories

Tucked in the back of this amazing antique store is an important piece of medical history.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

The only remaining collection of flayed figures made by French "madman" Honoré Fragonard.

Largest graveyard in all of Japan surrounds a famous mausoleum.

Sulphuric gases inhabit a beautiful Japanese island.

The third-tallest statue in the world depicts the "Buddha of Infinite Light," complete with observation deck in his chest.

A 20-meter (65-foot) robot towers over Tokyo Bay.

Japanese company creates clone dolls that reside in the "uncanny valley."

Fine dining in the bizarre world of Lewis Carroll.

Starship-temple contains 400 tons of drinking water and offers free Japanese lessons.