Places georgemagraw Wants to Go

Terrifically morbid cemetary and site of famous Paracelsus' grave.

Mozart's skull may be held in this collection, but definitive proof continues to elude scientists.

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

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

A meteorite-bounded town in Bavaria.

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

The prison where Hitler wrote "Mein Kampf," and 278 Nazis were later executed for war crimes.

This German version of Universal Studios holds a vault of treasures from the NeverEnding Story.

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

A stairway to heaven, or to nowhere at all.

This massive statue is the personification of Bavaria and the first colossal statue of the modern period composed of bronze.

A delightful but little-known public observatory and planetarium in Munich.

One man's personal kunstkammer, museum and shop.

Housed in an old church, this hunting museum holds a collection of mythical bird-rabbit creatures.

An unofficial monument to the late King of Pop sits at the base of a Renaissance composer's statue

A museum dedicated Germany's favorite drink and most well-known festival.

A perfectly circular stronghold constructed in the 10th century is now a nucleus of Viking culture housing a museum, village, and reenactment of an epic Viking battle.

A former hen house turned curiosity cabinet displays one man's lifelong fascination with cannibalism.

Old Danish castle immortalized in Shakespeare's Hamlet.

This striking royal residence is the largest Renaissance-style castle in Scandinavia.

Hans Christian Andersen for the postmodern world.

A 19th-century subterranean reservoir repurposed as a contemporary art cave.

The largest bottled beer collection in the world holds over 22,000 unique beer bottles.

In a small churchyard in Dingolfing, Germany the quaint Schusterkapelle is there to remind you of your imminent mortality.