Places greetdruyts Wants to Go

A whimsical art tower at a Bavarian brewery includes a grotto for its mythical beer-brewing dwarves.

The name doubles as an appropriate adjective for this small ossuary.

Home of the largest single-phase AC generator in the world.

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

Destroyed numerous times, this centuries-old bridge has always been rebuilt with its original design.

Machismo turned on its head: the lady's hand goes to the dude with the bigger brain.

The 1940s structure houses what was once Europe's largest telescope.

This Italian foot path winds through the mountains via 52 individual tunnels.

An open-air museum in a mountain valley features works designed to blend in with—and disintegrate back into—their natural surroundings.

These caves are home to a small church and were used to age cheese.

When a massive landslide hit one of the world's tallest dams it created a tragic environmental disaster.

A devastating landslide accidentally created this tourist hotspot.

While most books are made of wood, these wooden books are truly made of, and all about wood.

A line of abandoned, alien-like fortresses dot the mountains of North Italy.

Crumbling ruins of the thermal baths that once attracted royals and aristocrats from throughout Europe.

These delicate sand pyramids look like naturally occurring gothic spires.

This statue of the legendary Austrian composer is hidden in the center of an Italian town.

According to the local folklore, the myriad colors of this lake are the result of a lovelorn wizard's blunder.

The community gathered on this stone table to make important decisions, but it was also the site of witch trials.

A stunning hermit's shrine on a steep rocky spur in Northern Italy.

The first passenger cable car in the world.

These unique "earth pyramid" clay columns can be found in ravines around the village of Tirolo.

Walk inside a half mile long crevice right outside the town of Garmisch Partenkirchen.

A memorial dedicated to those who lost their lives working in what is now a massive tourist attraction.