Places bryanwoerner Wants to Go

A collection of decorative eggs to admire in the off-season.

A Neolithic celestial calendar standing in a nondescript wheat field.

A tiny basalt mountain with an observation tower overlooking the beautiful Bavarian countryside.

Held in an old church, this clockwork museum maintains a special focus on titanic tower timepieces.

Largest illuminated advertisement sign in the world.

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

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

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

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

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

Oberweissbacher Bergbahn - a broad-gauged cable car capable transfering railcars.

World's largest barrel containing an inn.

The skeletal frame of a decommissioned gas-pumping station offers breathtaking views of greater Berlin.

This giant, 83-year-old ship elevator is an engineering feat to behold.

The atomic museum in the basement of this German castle displays long strands of replica uranium cubes.

Medieval ruins on a tiny island amid a flooded lake offer romantic respite to lovers seeking privacy.

The first (but not only) upside-down house in Germany.

Behold, a collection dedicated to Germany's favorite vegetable.

A small concrete monument remembers a German cold case involving incest, farm tools, and psychics.

The difficulty of getting a good night's sleep is an age-old affliction according to the one-of-a-kind Snoring Museum.

1898 German railroad depot museum with working engines, steam train excursions, and hands-on displays.

Remnants of a cone-shaped Nazi bomb shelter.

A typical crusty old museum this isn't.

This German "living museum" is maybe a bit too immersive.