Places alfran Wants to Go

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

This futuristic German spa allows visitors to float in a pool of salt water while zoning out to underwater techno.

Each year, Germany's "City of Dragons" slays the world's largest walking robot.

This Rococo church is known as the most beautiful village church in the world, and does not disappoint.

A striking 12th-century-style castle built on the edge of a cliff.

The remains of a 13th-century Romanesque church lie abandoned on a hillside.

This museum showcases the lives of Hungarian school children and their vintage toys.

An elevator into the Baltic Sea.

This Danish park has celebrated the American independence day since 1912.

On the grounds of a former estate in Burgundy stands an elaborate temple that is modeled after the first Tibetan Buddhist monastery.

This mosque was based on Sub-Saharan Islamic architecture and created for the Senegalese Tirailleurs.

One of the biggest Buddhist stupas in Europe, hidden from most locals.

One of the world's largest amber altarpieces is housed within this reconstructed medieval church.

Often mistaken as a medieval Gothic monument, this unique cornerstone only dates back to the 1980s.

A museum dedicated to the silliest fruit.

This peculiar museum offers hands-on interaction with seemingly intangible principles of mathematics.

The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.

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

The sweet story of how American cargo planes became known as "Candy Bombers" during the Berlin Blockade.

A Black Forest cuckoo clock theme park features one timepiece big enough to walk inside.

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

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

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

A whimsical art tower at a Bavarian brewery includes a grotto for its mythical beer-brewing dwarves.