Places josephinechr Wants to Go

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

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

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

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

Berlin's natural history museum houses the world's largest mounted dinosaur and the late beloved polar bear Knut.

Gardens representing parts of Asia, Europe, and the Mid East are tucked away among the Soviet-style buildings in East Berlin.

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

Ruins of a German castle on top of a towering stone pillar.

Where once there was a train station bathroom, there is now this German burger joint.

This classic restaurant features a gorgeous mirror-clad room.

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

A wunderkammer of mysterious objects and stories.

A museum dedicated to the history of a terrifying secret police is now held in their former headquarters.

A surreal museum of extraordinary industrial objects.

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

The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”

A slice of central Asia in the middle of Berlin.

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

This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.

This UFO crash-landed on the outskirts of a French town in 2009.

This volcanic crater lake is renowned for its perfectly round shape, stunning blue-green waters, and unique geological properties.

The unique design of these skyscrapers in a Paris suburb led to them being nicknamed "cloud towers."

A suburban housing complex with astonishing architectural features, locally nicknamed "the Camemberts."

This statue stands in honor of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, the French author of 'The Little Prince' and an aviation hero.