Places brunisab Wants to Go

This 8th-century Bavarian monastery is home to an exquisite Baroque-era library.

This riverside restaurant has been serving customers since 1146.

The world's first and only museum dedicated to dachshunds.

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

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

The footprint of a frustrated devil in Munich's Cathedral.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

Golden cobblestones remember a time when this small alley was used to avoid having to give a Nazi salute.

Oddly enough, a pair of Wolfs funded the construction of this Little Red Riding Hood sculpture.

One of the most easily accessible examples of the rare 1960s UFO houses.

Among the ostentatious rococo ornamentation of this church, an image of death cuts the life-thread.

This century-old cinema house has a marquee that has been hand painted by a single man for over 25 years.

This massive statue is the personification of Bavaria and the first colossal statue of the modern period composed of bronze.

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

Go surfing on this urban wave, "hacked" by local surfers.

This beautiful 19th-century temple stands atop the ruins of its predecessor.

The taxidermy remains of the first brown bear to enter Germany in 170 years.

A miniature model of what will be the world's largest telescope.

Four-story slides send people whizzing through the math department at this Munich university.

A surprisingly detailed model of one of the most powerful telescopes in the world.

This red London phone booth once stood in front of Buckingham Palace and was used by the queen.

An enormous hand-carved and painted pole.

This impressive castle looms over small German town.

Hidden in the forest are the crumbling, graffiti-covered remains of the factory where most of Germany's explosives were produced during World War II.