Places Byrdmouse Wants to Go

This mysterious cross appeared on a farmer's lawn in 1972 and has been attracting pilgrims ever since.

Constructed by forced laborers, this submarine pen is now a museum and war memorial.

Shortest overhead power line in the world.

Super-heavy Nazi architectural experiment.

The collection includes seven one-of-a-kind automobiles, vintage fashion, and more.

Alabama has a fiberglass Stonehenge. With apologies to Spinal Tap, this one is full-size.

The place where Dvořák composed some of his most famous works.

Walk inside a half mile long crevice right outside the town of Garmisch Partenkirchen.

This little-known memorial honors those who have donated their bodies to medical training.

Come for the boats, stay to explore the intriguing assortment of art.

This plaque is dedicated to one-half of the Magliozzi brothers and their hit radio show, 'Car Talk.'

A simple tribute to the microscopic arachnid that gives its juices and its life to help make a speciality German cheese.

This largely forgotten piece of Cold War history stands hidden in the woods just north of the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

A pink cottage covered in hearts served as a haven and a resting place for LGBTQ activists.

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

What started as a tongue-in-cheek shrine is now a full-blown museum celebrating "The Hoff" and his longtime love affair with Berlin.

Florida’s half-sized replica of the Vietnam Veterans Wall.

Thousands of flowers create enchanting pink tunnels over the city streets.

This mysterious pig iron pillar does not rust, despite being weathered by the elements for centuries.

An Oxford museum where visitors can have tea with the Mad Hatter and climb through the wardrobe to a fantasy land.

Tiny castle in the middle of the Rhine made you pay to pass.

The medieval network of canals hidden underneath the city is opened to explorers each year.

According to a satirical conspiracy theory that persists today, this German city of 300,000 is a hoax invented by the CIA.

The palace window through which Protestant nobles flung two Catholic regents, thus sparking the Thirty Years' War.