Places aemem Wants to Go

An ornate century-old elevator still connects the two halves of Bad Schandau.

A subterranean display of public art and architecture.

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

This Dresden church was purposely rebuilt Protestant after being demolished in World War II.

A former ironworks that was the first UNESCO industrial site.

The "Prussian Versailles" that is as glorious today as when it was built.

Thousands of flowers create enchanting pink tunnels over the city streets.

This 8th-century Bavarian monastery is home to an exquisite Baroque-era library.

A castle from the Holy Roman Empire that hosts traveling youth... in its stables.

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

The largest treasure hoard in Europe is contained in a castle that was bombed out during World War II.

The final resting place of many of Germany's most famous communists.

One of the most easily accessible examples of the rare 1960s UFO houses.

The industrial monstrosity known as Bagger 258 is a colossal mining machine built in the DDR - but now left for dead in a German field.

A unique hanging cable-car navigates through Dresden, the oldest suspension railway in the world.

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

Explore the complex ecology of this multifaceted nature preserve by riverboat.

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

In addition to fine dairy products, the world's most beautiful milk shop also offers a feast for the eyes.

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

This Nazi-built amphitheater was constructed on a sacred mountain site used by various German cults.

An elevator into the Baltic Sea.

The prototype for all Nazi concentration camps.

Among the ostentatious rococo ornamentation of this church, an image of death cuts the life-thread.