Places ARJR Wants to Go

Before he was forced to flee the country under Nazi rule, Albert Einstein spent his summers in this custom-built lakeside house near Berlin.

One room inside this building mesmerizes all with its parabolic dome.

After this historic church was destroyed by World War II bombing, its blackened shell was left standing as a monument.

Most powerful transmitter in Germany only broadcasts in the French language.

Commemorating a unique medieval profession: men who collected feces.

A statue dedicated to the antihero of the Nibelung legend.

A section of destroyed vertical lift bridge stands alone in the Peene river.

The metal-free wooden towers of Brück.

This mine is home to the largest man-made hole in Europe.

This viaduct serves as a reminder of World War II.

One of two electrical towers in Germany that have a pathway constructed through the tower's legs.

It's said the devil used this mushroom rock as a table for a late-night meal.

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

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

World's only telecommunication tower with a wooden pinnacle.

This inconspicuous pharmacy went down in history as the first gas station in the world after fueling the first road trip ever taken.

An oversized, oddly designed pedestrian overpass has drawn comparisons to a commode for pachyderms.

It commemorates one of the world's earliest telegraphs.

Inside this German disco, visitors can take a literal ride on the dance floor.

A tiny, intricate model railway system.

A triumphal steel arch on the side of a German mountain.

This baroque palace displays an impressive collection of taxidermy, art, and rare objects from the days of courtly hunting.

This Cold War–era fallout shelter was actually a storage facility for the nation's emergency currency.

Seventeen members of the local royal family are interred in this Baroque church in northern Germany.