Places Concertina Wants to Go

The zoological collection at the Hessisches Landesmuseum hosts some of the world's oldest habitat dioramas.

1898 German railroad depot museum with working engines, steam train excursions, and hands-on displays.

The last Tsar of Russia constructed this private church just so he could attend services when visiting his wife's hometown.

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

Crop circles inspired this whimsical garden in Germany.

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

Commemorating Frankfurt's Jewish community and 11,908 victims of the Holocaust.

The world's only silo that was topped by two revolving restaurants has unfortunately been demolished.

Revitalization efforts converted a former U.S. military heliport into a sprawling urban park.

Somber memorial to the May 10, 1933, book-burning which took place on this spot.

This museum explores the history of the city's public transportation. Its collection includes the world's oldest preserved electric trolley car.

This German fountain of a legendary apple wine-loving drink thief will spit on you.

Fantastic views and thousands of love locks.

Carved fountains poignantly placed in parks and in front of special monuments.

The sweet story of how American cargo planes became known as "Candy Bombers" during the Berlin Blockade.

A rare chance to ride one of the few continuous elevators still in operation.

After years of being casually peed on by humans, this tree is peeing back.

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

These hilariously laughing bronze figures lampoon empty promises while encouraging civic engagement.

An enormous playhouse designed to look like 21 stacked Lego bricks, with another 25 million colorful Legos inside.

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

This strategic isle was once swapped between empires and almost entirely destroyed in a bomb explosion.

Danish whalers once brought back whale bones to use as building materials in places where wood was scarce.

The original home of the Lego has a huge amusement park dedicated to the iconic plastic toy.