Places ARJR Wants to Go

A German town is growing a building out of trees.

Carved fountains poignantly placed in parks and in front of special monuments.

The sweet story of how American cargo planes became known as "Candy Bombers" during the Berlin Blockade.

A rare example of a German cemetery with traditional grave markers dating back several generations.

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

The small alleys in Lübeck's Old Town are a result of medieval urban sprawl.

A whimsical art tower at a Bavarian brewery includes a grotto for its mythical beer-brewing dwarves.

From Nazi chemicals to the CIA, this architectural marvel has played a fascinating role in German history.

A modern museum dedicated to the fairytales and dictionary work of the Brothers Grimm.

Flowers have mysteriously appeared on her effigy every day for the last 150 years.

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

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

The birthplace of Karl Marx is now a museum dedicated to the communist revolutionary's life and work.

A small man-controlled waterfall powers an Art Nouveau elevator and is accessed via narrow gauge, solar-powered tramway.

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

Originally envisioned by King Ludwig II to rival Versailles, Herrenchiemsee's "New Palace" remains half-gilded for lack of funds.

A series of haunting wooden totems are hidden in the woods surrounding a German environmental center.

An ancient pagan site swirling with legends in the foothills of Franconian Switzerland.

Each year, Germany's "City of Dragons" slays the world's largest walking robot.

This former Nazi castle was built as a school to train what would have been the future of the Third Reich.

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

As lake waters recede, a German village reemerges after more than a hundred years.

An abandoned train station in Munich constructed for the 1972 Olympic games.

A stunning two-story timepiece within a medieval Brick Gothic church.