Places laraaabetts Wants to Go

A memorial for a young woman and her ghost, which are claimed to have caused countless deathly shipwrecks.

An astonishingly accurate water clock that doubles as an hourly spectacle in this Berlin shopping area.

This fountain of a little boy that spits on passersby at erratic intervals is a town icon.

The monumental home of Prussia’s eccentric "Cannon King."

During World War II, the Nazis repurposed this beer cellar to store stolen artwork.

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

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

Dancing skeletal figures pay homage to a medieval mural destroyed during World War II.

A ruined castle stands atop a hill surrounded by dragon lore.

Legendary site where an evil bishop was devoured by rodents.

The resting place of 18th century German mummies.

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

This bakery and museum offers tours of the tastes and mythology of Aachen's signature spice biscuit—just don't ask for the recipe.

A museum honoring Germany’s cucumber mecca offers a great dill of gherkin history.

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

Originally envisioned by King Ludwig II to rival Versailles, Herrenchiemsee's "New Palace" remains half-gilded for lack of funds.

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

This former Nazi castle was built as a school to train what would have been the future of the Third Reich.

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

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

When a medieval fire claimed the original St. Stephen’s Cathedral, it sparked a pattern of unquenchable organ building.

Berlin's beloved bear is immortalized at the Museum für Naturkunde.

This Rococo church is known as the most beautiful village church in the world, and does not disappoint.

Ample proof that watery ends make for well-preserved, millenia-old mummies.