Places allisonj Wants to Go

From Austrians to Nazis to Soviets, this historic Budapest fortress has a history as complex as the city itself.

Built in 1870 at the bridge that connected Buda and Pest, this spectacular incline railway was almost lost forever during World War II.

A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.

A town that sets itself apart with supersized designer seating.

The world's largest collection of fire-fighting items dating back almost 350 years.

The largest piece of the Berlin Wall in the Southern Hemisphere sits outside this German social club in a Canberra suburb.

The subterranean "lake" below the Paris opera house inspired the Phantom of the Opera's lair.

The highest cold-water geyser in the world.

This platform is now a memorial dedicated to those who were deported during the Holocaust.

On high feast days, the entire blue-glass front of this modern church opens up to reveal the small wooden church inside.

Model Trains and Much More in Hamburg.

A lakeside footbridge that records Nobel Prize laureates' names in metal silhouette.

Enter the cabin of a life-sized Hindenburg replica.

Visitors may notice something strange walking through this quaint German town.

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

Obscured within a ring of trees, this abandoned World War II relic hides on a German hillside.

A sandstone block marks the alleged spot where the legendary writer was conceived.

Today this former Nazi concentration camp stands as a poignant memorial to the victims of fascism, and a warning from history.

One man's stunning attempt at eco-friendly living.

The little tuxedo cat survived the trip, then languished in obscurity.

The remains of this castle, known as the Witch’s Eye, watch over the Thur Valley.

A charming little museum founded by the designer of the Statue of Liberty.

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

Walk inside a half mile long crevice right outside the town of Garmisch Partenkirchen.