Places jakechouston Wants to Go

The century-old plant starred as the villainous clown's lair in the miniseries based on Stephen King's "It."

The abandoned mine where American troops discovered a treasure trove of art and artifacts hidden by the Nazis.

A tiny island is connected to the mainland by a private railway that residents travel in their own personal wagons.

An ancient pagan site swirling with legends in the foothills of Franconian Switzerland.

Legendary site where an evil bishop was devoured by rodents.

This temple to the sturm and drang of Richard Wagner contains a dragon's cave and reptile zoo full of living "dragons."

A collection of artworks exclusively created by the mentally ill that was almost burned by Nazi culture police.

This Rococo church is known as the most beautiful village church in the world, and does not disappoint.

An abandoned train station in Munich constructed for the 1972 Olympic games.

An ornate century-old elevator still connects the two halves of Bad Schandau.

The industrial monstrosity known as Bagger 258 is a colossal mining machine built in the DDR - but now left for dead in a German field.

This Nazi-built amphitheater was constructed on a sacred mountain site used by various German cults.

Named after a militant urban guerilla, this famous former squat is a graffiti-covered stronghold of leftist culture.

A quaint Russian village in the middle of a German metropolis.

An intricate and amazing house built by architect Karl Junker.

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

Residents of Berlin take their coffee and cake in one of the city’s most restful spaces: a cemetery.

A sprawling Baroque park with 300-year-old hydro-pneumatic waterworks.

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

The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.

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.

The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.

Started as a kitchen garden, now the second largest botanical garden in the world.