Places GRH Wants to Go

An officers prison camp believed to be impregnable by the Germans saw over 30 successful escapes.

In this brilliant blue spring in Germany, legend has it that a sad mermaid learned to finally laugh.

Carved fountains poignantly placed in parks and in front of special monuments.

This wooden hotel is a temple to German sustainability and forest conservation.

Made from trees and then abandoned, this fence is still growing along a path in Germany.

A series of haunting wooden totems are hidden in the woods surrounding a German environmental center.

This old wooden funicular railway leads to a cemetery in the forest.

Originally envisioned by King Ludwig II to rival Versailles, Herrenchiemsee's "New Palace" remains half-gilded for lack of funds.

It's good luck to be mocked by this monkey.

Germany's Glienicke Bridge has a shady history of clandestine meetings, espionage, and spycraft.

A fascinating little museum dedicated to the thousands of chemical substances concealed in our food.

The first (but not only) upside-down house in Germany.

The many—66 to be exact—faces of the German forest.

When a medieval fire claimed the original St. Stephen’s Cathedral, it sparked a pattern of unquenchable organ building.

The medieval institution is home to the precious treasure stolen in World War II in one of the greatest art thefts of the 20th century.

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

The last remnants of a massive medieval wall that once encompassed the city of Berlin.

The history of German architecture is explored across this fairy-scale mini-city.

This painted Lego bridge is the product of over a century of locomotive history.

After years of being casually peed on by humans, this tree is peeing back.

One of the most easily accessible examples of the rare 1960s UFO houses.

This Dresden church was purposely rebuilt Protestant after being demolished in World War II.

This abandoned coliseum was intended to be a grand Nazi rallying ground before it was halted at the end of the war.

A strange rock formation with numerous legends trying to explain it.