Places cristyshepherd Wants to Go

Soaring over 6,000 feet in the Bavarian Alps, this beer garden was once Hitler's 50th birthday present.

According to legend a man pooped out the window of this tower to prove that it was straight.

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

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

One of the most well-known city festivals in the world.

Hordes of precariously balanced stone figures crowd the shores of the Hudson River.

Crouch down, stretch tall, and be sure to flail your legs to pay homage to the Monty Python classic.

This strategically placed hill fort has served defensive forces from the Iron Age up until the 20th century.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

At the United Kingdom's only residential library you can sleep among the books.

Mirrored floors and arched shelves create the illusion of an infinite tunnel of books.

The remains of an abandoned dinosaur theme park litter the woods just off the highway.

A metal ring in the middle of the road marks the exact spot where the Soviet satellite crash-landed in 1962.

An acoustic anomaly with a mysterious cause sits in the heart of Tulsa.

A model of a dinosaur that was named for Andrew Carnegie stands outside the museum that also bears his name.

The only way to see Pittsburgh is from the top of this lookout point, just like the ancient members of the native peoples did.

The largest university building in the West is a gothic masterpiece containing dozens of theme rooms based on different countries.

This church in Pittsburgh is home to the largest collection of religious relics in North America.

A vortex fountain that seems to rise out of the ground.

The nearly 200-year-old folly has a secret spiral staircase hidden in one of its pillars.

A submerged archeological park still holds the wonders of a Roman Sodom.

Bronze plates placed around this Scottish fishing village form a true-scale model of the solar system.

The discovery of this Neolithic settlement, which contained a Stone Age "cathedral," threw archaeologists for a loop.

The heart of a Scottish legend had a centuries-long journey before reaching its final resting place.