Places caitlinhug7 Wants to Go

The castle where Martin Luther secretly translated the New Testament from Greek to German while in hiding.

Legendary site where an evil bishop was devoured by rodents.

Constantly maintained, this organ is playing a six-century long composition by John Cage.

Shimmering sea-colored mosaics and Jesus statues cover this opulent building.

A former Nazi lookout tower with a magnificent view of the Rhineland.

An ancient pagan site swirling with legends in the foothills of Franconian Switzerland.

A rare example of a German cemetery with traditional grave markers dating back several generations.

An amusement park on the grounds of an unused nuclear power plant, with a swing ride inside the cooling tower.

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.

The resting place of 18th century German mummies.

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

Eight naturally mummified bodies in glass coffins are housed in an underground crypt.

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

This historic funicular system combines the old with the new while offering delightful views over the surrounding valley.

The 3,600-year-old archeological sensation is considered to be the oldest representation of the cosmos.

As lake waters recede, a German village reemerges after more than a hundred years.

The stones of this formerly witch-obsessed castle were used to build a church.

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

A stunning two-story timepiece within a medieval Brick Gothic church.

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

In a small churchyard in Dingolfing, Germany the quaint Schusterkapelle is there to remind you of your imminent mortality.

The home of the morbid art of corpse plastination is open for visitors to view the fascinating, but stomach-churning process.

A wunderkammer of exoticism immortalized by Tom Waits.