Places gardnerwestbound Wants to Go

Model Trains and Much More in Hamburg.

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

Dress up like a miner and take a slide into the disco-lit depths of this once foundational salt mine.

This museum tells the story of lake dwellers from 4000 BC to 850 BC, replete with stilt houses and goats.

A unique hanging cable-car navigates through Dresden, the oldest suspension railway in the world.

A Black Forest cuckoo clock theme park features one timepiece big enough to walk inside.

Explore the complex ecology of this multifaceted nature preserve by riverboat.

This historic stone bridge has an entire neighborhood clinging to its sides.

A small but immensely extravagant palace built by the "Night King."

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

This "floating railway" is one of the world's oldest monorail systems.

Where once there was a train station bathroom, there is now this German burger joint.

A striking 12th-century-style castle built on the edge of a cliff.

A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.

Art and a pun, all in one.

This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.

Ruins of a German castle on top of a towering stone pillar.

Horrifically creative torture devices and shame punishments line the walls of this chilling museum.

This beautiful 19th-century temple stands atop the ruins of its predecessor.

A serious museum dedicated to two German comedians.

In this truly magical place, rent hasn't been raised since the year 1520.

Beer lovers thirsty for knowledge can now visit a museum devoted to the world's largest hop-growing region.

Spiral alpine structure provides an alternative experience of viewing the Matterhorn.

What this Good Friday parade lacks in baroque filigree it makes up in somber gothic imagery.