Places FraeuleinS Wants to Go

During World War II, the Nazis repurposed this beer cellar to store stolen artwork.

A triumphal steel arch on the side of a German mountain.

On high feast days, the entire blue-glass front of this modern church opens up to reveal the small wooden church inside.

A giant snail sculpture looking longingly at the German traffic museum.

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

A memorial for a young woman and her ghost, which are claimed to have caused countless deathly shipwrecks.

Legendary site where an evil bishop was devoured by rodents.

The highest cold-water geyser in the world.

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

This fountain of a little boy that spits on passersby at erratic intervals is a town icon.

This Cold War–era fallout shelter was actually a storage facility for the nation's emergency currency.

The world's first and only museum dedicated to dachshunds.

This fountain tucked away in a park is the focal point of the only "Green Basilica" in Germany.

Crushed coral and crystals give the sand its signature coloration.

The entrance to this Frankfurt subway station looks like an old tram car crashed into the concrete sidewalk.

A stonemason's hilarious revenge came in the form of this peculiarly positioned gargoyle.

The romantic garden was the epicenter of the Hungarian art scene in the 1880s.

A scandalous Art Nouveau collaboration that set Paris all atwitter at the turn of the 20th century.

Wax models of disease and deformity are on display at this German medical museum.

A tiny replica of the iconic London landmark hides on the side of the steel structure.

The underground sanctuary of a mysterious ancient cult.

For 32 years the famous Ringling Bros circus troupe spent winters in this sunny spot in Florida.

A wonderfully strange collection of 500+ stuffed frogs doing people things.

This unique bridge curls up like a caterpillar to let boats pass and then unfurls again to span a small canal.