Places Jason C Wants to Go

The largest mosque in Germany.

This natural "sea of stones" was once used by the Romans as a quarry.

This ornate Weser Renaissance house was also the home of an infamous witch hunter.

Centuries of warfare, tragedy, executions, and poetry come together in this 13th-century fortress.

Now overgrown, these anti-tank barriers from World War II are sometimes called "dragon's teeth."

The final resting place for a wealthy Roman family, this tomb might be the best preserved of its kind outside Italy.

In the city forest of Augsburg are oval, artificial ponds formed from a World War II bombing campaign.

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

Designed to resemble foreign architecture, this mosque-looking structure was used to pump water to a royal fountain.

This 17th-century "unicorn" was cobbled together from the skull of a rhinoceros, the legs of a mammoth, and the horn of a narwhal.

This is part of the Francke Foundation Museum, a curiosity cabinet filled with different scientific and natural wonders.

A German artist built a home and garden filled with whimsical art pieces, like a massive, operational volcano.

A local train station entrance hall doubles as a sanctuary for barn swallows.

Germany's longest suspension rope bridge.

A memorial commemorating the place where Truman gave the order to deploy the first nuclear bombs on Japan.

This abandoned hospital has a long history, having housed both German and Soviet soldiers in the course of its life.

A town that sets itself apart with supersized designer seating.

A historical observatory still in use by modern astronomers.

This pair of unsuspecting buildings are in fact the very first modern skyscrapers in Europe.

This walkway is so narrow it needs its own light to stop pedestrian traffic jams.

An Orwellian sculpture with eyeball cameras watches passersby.

Small caves once used as a hiding place for some of those accused during the Salem Witch Trials.

When German-Iraqi relations broke down, this embassy was vacated post haste.

The arching stretch of London's longest street holds many reminders of the area's maritime past.