Places clpartin Wants to Go

The last bastion of Roman presence north of the Alps looms over a German town.

A collection of artworks exclusively created by the mentally ill that was almost burned by Nazi culture police.

The largest brick bridge in the world.

This riverside restaurant has been serving customers since 1146.

The ruined remains of the airport Claus von Stauffenberg departed in his failed attempt to kill Adolf Hitler.

Hitler's bleak vision of relaxation still stands as a mostly abandoned 10,000-room resort complex.

The entrance to this Frankfurt subway station looks like an old tram car crashed into the concrete sidewalk.

A Nazi concentration camp and Anne Frank's place of death.

The world's tallest church tower reveals a spectacular view to anyone up to the task of climbing the daunting staircase.

Executed in 1401, Exhumed in 1878, Stolen in 2010.

This curious sculpture represents the perseverance needed to take to the skies.

Enter the cabin of a life-sized Hindenburg replica.

An ornate century-old elevator still connects the two halves of Bad Schandau.

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

The medieval institution is home to the precious treasure stolen in World War II in one of the greatest art thefts of the 20th century.

This temple to the sturm and drang of Richard Wagner contains a dragon's cave and reptile zoo full of living "dragons."

Retirement home for giant obsolete machines.

A museum in the building where Nazi Germany signed its surrender tells the story of World War II from the Soviet perspective.

A brush maker used his factory to protect blind Jews from the Gestapo.

This incredible stone temple is a monument to death, victory, and fantasy architecture.

Wax models of disease and deformity are on display at this German medical museum.

The world's oldest rose is so tough it survived being bombed in World War II.

One man's personal kunstkammer, museum and shop.

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