Places abigaylerasmussen Wants to Go

The birthplace of Karl Marx is now a museum dedicated to the communist revolutionary's life and work.

A modern museum dedicated to the fairytales and dictionary work of the Brothers Grimm.

Eight naturally mummified bodies in glass coffins are housed in an underground crypt.

Originally envisioned by King Ludwig II to rival Versailles, Herrenchiemsee's "New Palace" remains half-gilded for lack of funds.

The home of the morbid art of corpse plastination is open for visitors to view the fascinating, but stomach-churning process.

A delightful but little-known public observatory and planetarium in Munich.

An ancient pagan site swirling with legends in the foothills of Franconian Switzerland.

In a small churchyard in Dingolfing, Germany the quaint Schusterkapelle is there to remind you of your imminent mortality.

A preserved Nazi labor camp now has a Holocaust museum on site and memorials to the thousands that died while imprisoned at the camp.

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

A fascinating little museum dedicated to the thousands of chemical substances concealed in our food.

The last bastion of Roman presence north of the Alps looms over a German town.

This historic funicular system combines the old with the new while offering delightful views over the surrounding valley.

A giant snail sculpture looking longingly at the German traffic museum.

This curious sculpture represents the perseverance needed to take to the skies.

This incredible stone temple is a monument to death, victory, and fantasy architecture.

The many—66 to be exact—faces of the German forest.

A collection of artworks exclusively created by the mentally ill that was almost burned by Nazi culture police.

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

The architect of this fanciful complex called it an "oasis for humanity and nature in a sea of rational houses."

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.

In this truly magical place, rent hasn't been raised since the year 1520.

An old tram depot transformed into a vintage car paradise.

An abandoned train station in Munich constructed for the 1972 Olympic games.