Places zelmizeta Wants to Go

The unique waterfall in Iceland's south features a backdrop of geometric black lava columns.

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

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

When a medieval fire claimed the original St. Stephen’s Cathedral, it sparked a pattern of unquenchable organ building.

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.

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

This 600-year-old home seems to defy physics.

The great Danube river starts here.

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

Once the tallest building in the world, this abandoned church is now a monument to the destruction of WWII.

A Black Forest cuckoo clock theme park features one timepiece big enough to walk inside.

A 12th-century fortress containing some of Berlin's oldest buildings.

This historic stone bridge has an entire neighborhood clinging to its sides.

The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.

A stairway to heaven, or to nowhere at all.

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

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

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

This Berlin island is home to a flock of free-roaming peacocks, as well as a historic ivory folly.

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.

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

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

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