Places escapementality Wants to Go

The gilded, masterful astronomical clock will calculate time, dates, and planetary positions for thousands of years to come.

The old observatory in Copenhagen has a spiral corridor used as a racetrack.

Beneath Denmark's Højbro bridge, a bronze merman and his seven sons forever mourn for the mother and wife who left them for land.

Hans Christian Andersen for the postmodern world.

Opulence and fantasy collide in this royal chair which is supposedly made with unicorn horns.

Danish tourist destination well known for open stalls where vendors sell marijuana on the street.

This sublime architectural marvel is a rare example of an expressionist church.

Pre-Nazi swastikas adorn the sculpted pachyderms flanking this brewhouse portal.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

Copenhagen's celebrated theme park and gardens.

An ultra-modern diversity park in Denmark has turned an entire city block electric pink.

This Dresden church was purposely rebuilt Protestant after being demolished in World War II.

Joe Cocker's 1988 concert at this site in East Germany marked a changing sea tide that would eventually lead to reunification.

An engineering wonder at Pillnitz Castle protects a precious 230-year-old flowering shrub.

Over 12,000 hygiene oriented objects and exhibits.

An exquisite panometer representing Dresden as it was from 1695 to 1760.

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

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.

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

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

A tour of underground Berlin takes you through WWII air raid shelters and tunnels used to smuggle people out of East Germany.

A surreal museum of extraordinary industrial objects.

An abandoned NSA listening post on Berlin's "Devil's Mountain."