Places wastlde Wants to Go

The site where a plot to assassinate Hitler was planned—and its conspirators were executed—is now a powerful memorial to the German resistance during World War II.

A peculiar trapezoidal building covered with wonderful humorous reliefs.

This concrete church spent a period of its history as a World War II bunker.

This fountain tucked away in a park is the focal point of the only "Green Basilica" in Germany.

This decommissioned nuclear power plant offers tours of its Communist-era control room and reactor hall.

WWII rocket launchpad in rural Germany and site of operation backfire.

The highest cold-water geyser in the world.

This strange sculpture depicts a giant nightmare hare crushing a man to death beneath its colossal bulk.

Art installations, derelict railcars, and endangered grasshoppers all call this south Berlin park home.

This marvelous array is one of the largest collections of mechanical instruments in Europe.

Centuries of warfare, tragedy, executions, and poetry come together in this 13th-century fortress.

The zoological collection at the Hessisches Landesmuseum hosts some of the world's oldest habitat dioramas.

This small gallery nestled inside an old botanical glasshouse is a quiet place to enjoy art and nature.

Several of these strange cone-shaped bunkers can still be seen around the former Nazi headquarters.

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

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

According to legend a man pooped out the window of this tower to prove that it was straight.

Residing along a busy thoroughfare, this sculpture urges passersby to consider the future.

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

This former Soviet military base has over 10 original aircraft and an enormous amount of memorabilia on display.

Sausages, schnitzel, and weiners.

This natural hill rose another 130 feet from the debris and rubble added after World War II.

One of the only spherical 19th century gas containers left today.

For centuries, Germans have been dancing in trees.