Places anatolejolly Wants to Go

Celebrating the Eucharist, the day is a legal holiday in many parts of Germany.

Home to the world’s oldest seismograph and a four-ton steel ball that makes its own earthquakes.

One of the largest busts in the world celebrates the German city's erstwhile namesake.

Stuffed people arranged in unsettling scenes give a voyeuristic glimpse of life within a historic old hotel.

The man who gave his name to magnetic measurement is buried in the city where he did his best work.

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

A tiny basalt mountain with an observation tower overlooking the beautiful Bavarian countryside.

This cheeky statue of a man defecating gold coins graces the facade of a medieval guildhall.

Final resting place of the humble physicist who discovered X-rays, and made the invisible visible.

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

A collection of decorative eggs to admire in the off-season.

A statue beloved by—and named by—the local townsfolk it represents.

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

The taxidermy remains of the first brown bear to enter Germany in 170 years.

An abandoned swimming pool decays on the outskirts of Berlin.

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

This mysterious pig iron pillar does not rust, despite being weathered by the elements for centuries.

A taxidermied stork with an arrow through its neck proved that birds migrate.

A surprisingly detailed model of one of the most powerful telescopes in the world.

A monument to the "father of modern warfare" Gustav II Adolf.

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

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

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

At this cemetery, artists are invited to design their own gravestones.