Places ckoohle Wants to Go

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

Now overgrown, these anti-tank barriers from World War II are sometimes called "dragon's teeth."

Art historians have debated the identity of this medieval stone rider since the 19th century.

A local museum honors the history of Bamberg’s unique cultural heritage: growing crops in the heart of the city.

A beautiful collection of taxidermy birds and rare pomological wax models.

A century-long search for a church that was never there.

The history of German architecture is explored across this fairy-scale mini-city.

A two-inch thick solid brass rod that extends an astounding one kilometer straight into the earth.

At this cemetery, artists are invited to design their own gravestones.

A modern museum dedicated to the fairytales and dictionary work of the Brothers Grimm.

Hidden in a Scotland museum is a copse of extinct tree stumps.

A Paisley park where little has changed since its early 20th-century creation.

Just outside Lesotho's capital city, a rock formation takes the shape of a powerful predator.

The first European-style university in western Sub-Saharan Africa.

Hitch a boat ride to dine on stilts while watching wildlife.

In Namibia there is an installation that explores the intertwined linguistics and existential beliefs of an imaginary community.

Held in a fort that once stood for colonization of the area, this museum now tells the history of its indigenous people.

Ancient artists in the middle of nowhere.

A rustic place to spend the night, complete with amazing quiver trees and outsider art.

The ruins of this mining boom town stand like skeletal reminders of the settlement's dark history.

Known as "The People's Park," this verdant oasis is home to elephants and villagers alike.

This deceptively beautiful island was once home to a German concentration camp and known as "Death Island."

Welded sphere dropped from space.

Road signs in Namibia mark the location of one of the five major circles of latitude.