Places ARJR Wants to Go

In the city forest of Augsburg are oval, artificial ponds formed from a World War II bombing campaign.

The remnants of a fictional Viking village film set now serve as an educational and historical hotspot.

A peculiar trapezoidal building covered with wonderful humorous reliefs.

What appears to be an ordinary bridge is actually a rare aqueduct.

A 1:2 billion-scale solar system leads visitors into this German university town.

Deep in the forest next to Augsburg are abandoned bunkers and bullet traps from the region's military past.

Beloved children's TV characters freckle the German city's streets.

WWII rocket launchpad in rural Germany and site of operation backfire.

A local museum honors the history of Bamberg’s unique cultural heritage: growing crops in the heart of the city.

A city's controversial tribute to its founder depicts townspeople flashing their bare behinds.

This fountain tucked away in a park is the focal point of the only "Green Basilica" in Germany.

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

Wooden pathways run through this rocky landscape, which legend says was created when a dwarven king pulled down his own castle to stop raiding giants.

One of the oldest student jails in Germany.

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

This concrete church spent a period of its history as a World War II bunker.

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

Whimsical wash tubs row down the stream as part of this Carnival celebration.

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

Several of these strange cone-shaped bunkers can still be seen around the former Nazi headquarters.

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

The world's first and only three-segment bascule bridge folds up into the shape of a capital "N" to let boat traffic through.

This decommissioned nuclear power plant offers tours of its Communist-era control room and reactor hall.

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