Places beaugunderson Wants to Go

The world's first zoo for microbes collecting the horrible and wonderful things living on and around us.

An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.

This bird-loving brewery is situated in an old municipal bathhouse, nestled beside a 300-year-old windmill.

This pirate-broadcasting-tower-turned-restaurant played a rebellious role in the history of Dutch television.

Oldest Museum of the Netherlands is a true cabinet of curiosities.

This towering church is home to a world-famous organ and a treasure trove of medieval art.

The bones of the Biblical Magi traveled to Constantinople and Milan before landing in their current home inside an elaborate golden reliquary in the Cologne Cathedral.

The largest bell in the world has been swinging high above a Cologne cathedral for almost a century.

This peculiar museum offers hands-on interaction with seemingly intangible principles of mathematics.

A Neolithic burial site erected around 3000 BC.

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

An homage to the humble watering can.

Somber memorial to the May 10, 1933, book-burning which took place on this spot.

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

A church filled with the bones of hundreds of virgins martyrs—or so they say.

No need to strap in for a “ride” on this walkable roller coaster.

Twisted buildings adorn the banks of the Rhine river.

This futuristic German television spire is actually the world's largest digital clock.

Largest illuminated advertisement sign in the world.

This unique exhibit "Dialogue in the Dark" reverses roles as the visionless become guides and the sighted become ‘blind.’

A 100-foot metal tower and swinging bridge that provides stunning views of mountains in five states.

This maze-like slot canyon is a unique gem within an already fascinating geological area.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.