Places allisonj Wants to Go

This amazing pedestrian suspension bridge in the Swiss Alps would give Indiana Jones nightmares.

The tallest outdoor elevator in Europe rockets passengers on a dizzyingly precarious ride to the top of a mountain.

The tiny airport in remote Newfoundland that inspired a hit musical is also a modernist architectural gem.

The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.

This fountain of a little boy that spits on passersby at erratic intervals is a town icon.

From Ancient Rome to WWII, Neupfarrplatz has over 2,000 years of history underneath its main square.

You haven’t properly toured a winery until you’ve slept in an actual wine barrel.

A tiny island is connected to the mainland by a private railway that residents travel in their own personal wagons.

The King is honored by an elaborate grotto on a continent he never visited.

The final resting place of the famed German pilot, the "Red Baron."

A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.

A rare chance to ride one of the few continuous elevators still in operation.

Albert Einstein's head sticks out of a snail shell stacked on a rocket in this truly bizarre monument to the scientist.

These tenacious 14th-century towers defied demolition and are now a fairytale vacation rental.

The first (but not only) upside-down house in Germany.

Oberweissbacher Bergbahn - a broad-gauged cable car capable transfering railcars.

This small Bavarian graveyard is filled with empty graves for German soldiers lost during the World Wars.

Known simply as "The Hand," this famous public sculpture in Berlin was featured in a Depeche Mode music video.

Shimmering sea-colored mosaics and Jesus statues cover this opulent building.

A spitting ode to a German serial killer.

Built to test magnetically levitated elevators, the tower also boasts Germany's highest visitor platform.

Every half hour the eye-rolling clock face sticks out its tongue to mock the good citizens of Koblenz.

This magnificent museum claims to house the cranium of a disciple and the skull of a pope.

Hamburgers are intensely proud of their tunnel beneath the river.