Places babewithclaws Wants to Go

The world's tallest church tower reveals a spectacular view to anyone up to the task of climbing the daunting staircase.

This lurid German fountain plots the sad course of marriage from dating to death.

This temple to the sturm and drang of Richard Wagner contains a dragon's cave and reptile zoo full of living "dragons."

When a medieval fire claimed the original St. Stephen’s Cathedral, it sparked a pattern of unquenchable organ building.

A Nazi concentration camp and Anne Frank's place of death.

This incredible stone temple is a monument to death, victory, and fantasy architecture.

Goethe's "Faust" was inspired by these rock formations known as the "Devil's Pulpit" and "Witches' Altar."

The oldest Jewish cemetery in Europe survived Hitler's Germany.

Ample proof that watery ends make for well-preserved, millenia-old mummies.

One of the oldest cemeteries in Germany was originally used for victims of a cholera epidemic.

Executed in 1401, Exhumed in 1878, Stolen in 2010.

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

The medieval institution is home to the precious treasure stolen in World War II in one of the greatest art thefts of the 20th century.

The site of a concentration camp where inmates were made to take part in one of the largest counterfeiting operations in history is now hauntingly empty.

For more than 170 years, this family-run bakery has been serving Berlin’s best Baumkuchen, or “tree cake.”

Wax models of disease and deformity are on display at this German medical museum.

This obscene artwork on the side of a newspaper office pokes fun at a rival paper's former editor-in-chief.

This German museum is devoted to all aspects of grave culture from headstones to coffins.

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

A wunderkammer of exoticism immortalized by Tom Waits.

Dine at a legendary after-hours joint frequented by David Bowie and Iggy Pop.

Striking occult iconography on a medieval German church.

This Dresden church was purposely rebuilt Protestant after being demolished in World War II.

This enchanting mountain plateau celebrates spooky local folklore.