Confessions of a Castleholic

There are few stories Schloss Dammsmühle cannot tell. Emperors, Tsars, Nazis, Stasi - you name it. This almost forgotten fairytale of a castle stood silent witness to the turbulent changes of German history, but will it ever get its happy ending? I first stumbled over Schloss Dammsmühle when I read about abandoned places in and around Berlin - and when I visited I couldn't help but wonder: Is this castle located on the edge of a lake deep in the forest enchanted or bewitched? Let's just follow the white rabbit through a wild ride through its history. Visiting Schloss Dammsmühle is slightly eery - an abandoned castle located in the middle of the woods, what could go wrong? Somehow  there was a surprising lot of people around (or not that surprising considering the structure is somewhat of an insider tip for hunters of abandoned places). But somehow the amount of people poking around an empty castle made it even more strange.  Getting there felt a bit like going to th...