Places CuriousJ Wants to Go

A UFO-shaped event building originally intended to be a science museum showcasing the future.

Inspired by "The Starry Night" this Dutch bike path turns into a glowing work of art each night.

This abandoned coliseum was intended to be a grand Nazi rallying ground before it was halted at the end of the war.

A castle from the Holy Roman Empire that hosts traveling youth... in its stables.

The final resting place of one of Germany's most accomplished Renaissance men.

A museum that chronicles the history of the Nuremberg Trials for Nazi war criminals in the building where the trials were once held.

Old ships and machinery fill a historic harbor in the city that's home to Europe's largest port.

A massive stone fox oversees a Rotterdam elementary school crosswalk.

A seven-century-old jail tells a not-so-pleasant history of crime and punishment.

The location of the world's first telescope demonstration.

This abandoned mansion has a window for every day of the year, and is a temple for ghost hunters.

Bold black and white motifs of life and death add a dramatic flair to this 17th-century crypt.

Nestled on the banks of a river in Nuremberg is a small museum that was once home of the city's official executioner.

This strange sculpture depicts a giant nightmare hare crushing a man to death beneath its colossal bulk.

A moving and macabre World War I-era painting by the great artist Otto Dix.

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.

When the rain falls, this drain system turns into a musical instrument.

Amsterdam's Red Light District leaves little to the imagination.

This unusual elevator doesn’t stop or slow down.

This 22-floor tower's Skydeck offers panoramic views of Amsterdam.

Established in 1638 to battle the Black Death, this botanical garden is a treasure trove of rare flora.

The 3,600-year-old archeological sensation is considered to be the oldest representation of the cosmos.

A 2,000-year-old computer demonstrates remarkable engineering and astronomical precision.

Statue of a decomposing prince that once held his heart in its hand.