Places cristyshepherd Wants to Go

The behemoth beasts engaged in an epic battle is the second-tallest statue in the contiguous United States.

Hundreds of stone stairs and a winding medieval bridge connect this haunting Spanish island to the mainland.

Large, airy hallways hide within an impenetrable fortress that beckons urban explorers.

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

A stairway to heaven, or to nowhere at all.

The prison where Hitler wrote "Mein Kampf," and 278 Nazis were later executed for war crimes.

A graveyard and memorial chapel for victims of leprosy.

Every half hour the eye-rolling clock face sticks out its tongue to mock the good citizens of Koblenz.

This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.

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

The real life town from the Pied Piper of Hamelin has a mechanical puppet show that retells the famous story many times a day.

This dockworkers' lunch joint has been left leaning by a century of storm floods.

A Neolithic burial site erected around 3000 BC.

The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”

A small but immensely extravagant palace built by the "Night King."

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

The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.

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

Every hour the doors open to reenact the legend of the heroic mayor who saved his town by drinking a gallon of wine.

The "Prussian Versailles" that is as glorious today as when it was built.

A statue honors the local legend that the devil helped build St. Mary's church after being tricked into thinking it was going to be a wine bar.

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

Slaughterhouse Five opens its dank doors to fans of Kurt Vonnegut.

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