Places j311y834n Wants to Go

Somber memorial to the May 10, 1933, book-burning which took place on this spot.

Small museum dedicated to one of the founding fathers of modern astronautics.

A remarkable two-country morph, this town is part of Germany legally but is by all other measures Swiss.

It's said the devil used this mushroom rock as a table for a late-night meal.

A two-inch thick solid brass rod that extends an astounding one kilometer straight into the earth.

Germany's longest suspension rope bridge.

Sausages, schnitzel, and weiners.

This German museum devoted to the simple wonders of salt is actually built over an old saltworks.

This ornate Weser Renaissance house was also the home of an infamous witch hunter.

Two nations form a rare four-sided border at the peak of a mountain, philosophical questions result.

This famed marionette theater and museum is bursting with imaginative string puppets.

One of the world's oldest fossil exhibits is on display in a beautiful antique "naturalienkabinett."

The difficulty of getting a good night's sleep is an age-old affliction according to the one-of-a-kind Snoring Museum.

Keep your eyes out for this "ghost" and walking pun.

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

The bones of the Biblical Magi traveled to Constantinople and Milan before landing in their current home inside an elaborate golden reliquary in the Cologne Cathedral.

Opulent period costumes and murals lead you on a journey through fashion history.

First museum dedicated to the research and history of Epilepsy.

A mammoth WWII anti-air defense tower has been repurposed as a hotel with a rooftop garden.

Twelve sweet, nutty, life-sized statues are housed in this second-story shrine to almond paste.

This giant, 83-year-old ship elevator is an engineering feat to behold.

The Tübingen University anatomical collection hosts an example of an extremely rare medical phenomenon.

The atomic museum in the basement of this German castle displays long strands of replica uranium cubes.

A graveyard and memorial chapel for victims of leprosy.