Places GRH Wants to Go

The classic Atari game's iconic aliens have invaded downtown San Diego.

This little blue house pokes out over the campus of UC San Diego, seven stories high.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

A portable, wooden replica (minus the hyphen) of Hamburg’s iconic crooked coffee shop.

A subterranean display of public art and architecture.

These bronze pamphlets remember a remarkable group of Germans who fearlessly opposed the Nazis in the very center of their power.

Every hour the doors open to reenact the legend of the heroic mayor who saved his town by drinking a gallon of wine.

This museum explores the history of the city's public transportation. Its collection includes the world's oldest preserved electric trolley car.

A museum dedicated to a Cold War era sausage.

A miniature model of what will be the world's largest telescope.

While you wait to cross the street at a traffic light in Mainz, you might notice that the light is staring back at you.

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

Beloved children's TV characters freckle the German city's streets.

Largest illuminated advertisement sign in the world.

Small museum dedicated to one of the founding fathers of modern astronautics.

Residing along a busy thoroughfare, this sculpture urges passersby to consider the future.

The last Tsar of Russia constructed this private church just so he could attend services when visiting his wife's hometown.

The Goose Girl of Göttingen, Germany might well be the most kissed girl in the world.

Böttcherstraße's bells, extolling Nordic virtues and the great conquerors of the world.

An exquisite panometer representing Dresden as it was from 1695 to 1760.

One of the oldest wine cellars in Germany is now a restaurant beneath Bremen's town hall.

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

A rare water-powered funicular, it uses a huge tank of water and gravity to do its work.

This bakery and museum offers tours of the tastes and mythology of Aachen's signature spice biscuit—just don't ask for the recipe.