Places vijayhm Wants to Go

This massive statue is the personification of Bavaria and the first colossal statue of the modern period composed of bronze.

These bronze pamphlets remember a remarkable group of Germans who fearlessly opposed the Nazis in the very center of their power.

A museum dedicated Germany's favorite drink and most well-known festival.

A poignant mural honors the heroic teenage non-conformists who took on the Nazis and paid the ultimate price.

How did a lighthouse wind up in the middle of this landlocked German city?

Tucked away in a small German apartment is an eclectic museum devoted to West African vodun culture.

This painted Lego bridge is the product of over a century of locomotive history.

Twisted buildings adorn the banks of the Rhine river.

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

Designed to resemble foreign architecture, this mosque-looking structure was used to pump water to a royal fountain.

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

This spectrum of a star was observed by one of the world's most accurate spectrographs. 

A historical observatory still in use by modern astronomers.

A quaint Russian village in the middle of a German metropolis.

Solar observatory doubles as a daring display of Expressionist architecture, much to Einstein's chagrin.

The site of the original experiment that would be used to disprove the theory of luminiferous ether.

One of the largest refracting telescopes in the world, and the first built specifically for studying astrophysics.

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

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

A museum in the building where Nazi Germany signed its surrender tells the story of World War II from the Soviet perspective.

Berliners converted a bombed-out, disused lot into a community-run urban farm with its own cafe and bar.

After fleeing the Syrian civil war, chef Malakeh Jazmati began serving exceptional renditions of her homeland's cuisine in Berlin.

A towering monument to war, located on a beautifully peaceful hill.

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