Places bryanwoerner Wants to Go

A university observatory dome painted to resemble the beloved 'Star Wars' droid.

This historic toy museum brings a little whimsy to a city not usually remembered for such things.

Take a walk in a recreation of ancient Rome.

This old wooden funicular railway leads to a cemetery in the forest.

A varied collection of brains in alcohol.

An abandoned underground bathroom is now a space for public art.

An exquisite panometer representing Dresden as it was from 1695 to 1760.

The only microgravity tower in Europe can produce nine seconds of weightlessness.

These former Nazi anti-aircraft towers offer a singular view of the north of Berlin in the summer, and a sanctuary for bats in winter.

These beautiful objects represent beautiful ideas.

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

To the great disappointment of doomsdayers, this codex merely contains records of the Moon and Venus.

Legendary site where an evil bishop was devoured by rodents.

A tiny chapel clings to a precipice above Germany’s gemstone capital.

A rare water-powered funicular, it uses a huge tank of water and gravity to do its work.

The bells remain in a shattered heap exactly as they fell when the church was bombed in World War II.

This historic little railroad runs through some of the most beautiful scenery in Germany.

The Bauhaus-style former industrial complex is considered the world's most beautiful coal mine.

The real life town from the Pied Piper of Hamelin has a mechanical puppet show that retells the famous story many times a day.

The world's biggest pet store.

An old slaughterhouse now holds the largest collection of pig artifacts.

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

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

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