Places flaneux Wants to Go

A modern museum dedicated to the fairytales and dictionary work of the Brothers Grimm.

A historic steam train meanders along one of the most scenic rail routes in Germany's Black Forest.

A rare example of a German cemetery with traditional grave markers dating back several generations.

The world's biggest pet store.

Four-story slides send people whizzing through the math department at this Munich university.

A museum honoring Germany’s cucumber mecca offers a great dill of gherkin history.

Shimmering sea-colored mosaics and Jesus statues cover this opulent building.

A series of haunting wooden totems are hidden in the woods surrounding a German environmental center.

At this unusual park, domes, ladders, chairs, and more are made from trees.

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

This historic funicular system combines the old with the new while offering delightful views over the surrounding valley.

This historic little railroad runs through some of the most beautiful scenery in Germany.

Germany's Glienicke Bridge has a shady history of clandestine meetings, espionage, and spycraft.

Crop circles inspired this whimsical garden in Germany.

The home of the morbid art of corpse plastination is open for visitors to view the fascinating, but stomach-churning process.

The first (but not only) upside-down house in Germany.

Residents of Berlin take their coffee and cake in one of the city’s most restful spaces: a cemetery.

Model Trains and Much More in Hamburg.

This lurid German fountain plots the sad course of marriage from dating to death.

This unique exhibit "Dialogue in the Dark" reverses roles as the visionless become guides and the sighted become ‘blind.’

This riverside restaurant has been serving customers since 1146.

A wunderkammer of exoticism immortalized by Tom Waits.

The world's most delightful not-NOT-religion welcomes visitors to the town of Templin, just like its more stoic peers.

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