Places clpartin Wants to Go

Dress up like a miner and take a slide into the disco-lit depths of this once foundational salt mine.

Remnants of an exploded schooner and wrecked submarines form a breakwater.

The largest treasure hoard in Europe is contained in a castle that was bombed out during World War II.

This ancient ruined monastery has been destroyed by fire so many times that it seems like God hates it.

The industrial monstrosity known as Bagger 258 is a colossal mining machine built in the DDR - but now left for dead in a German field.

It's always summer at the beach inside this former airship hangar.

This museum tells the story of lake dwellers from 4000 BC to 850 BC, replete with stilt houses and goats.

A quaint Russian village in the middle of a German metropolis.

One of downtown Berlin's last reminders of its Communist past.

The great Danube river starts here.

A unique hanging cable-car navigates through Dresden, the oldest suspension railway in the world.

In addition to fine dairy products, the world's most beautiful milk shop also offers a feast for the eyes.

Once the tallest building in the world, this abandoned church is now a monument to the destruction of WWII.

A German apartment building hosting as many trees as human occupants.

This 600-year-old home seems to defy physics.

This German bone house contains the remains of some 20,000 souls.

A Black Forest cuckoo clock theme park features one timepiece big enough to walk inside.

What was once thought to be a wellspring of unicorn bones is actually just a prehistoric burial site.

This unique Renaissance castle was turned into a home for Nazi occultism.

An elevator into the Baltic Sea.

These blingy, baubled skeletons lie in glass boxes inside a baroque Bavarian church.

This Nazi-built amphitheater was constructed on a sacred mountain site used by various German cults.

These 18th century gardens tell a rocky story of the son of Odysseus.

No need to strap in for a “ride” on this walkable roller coaster.