Places katehawes Wants to Go

The bones of the Biblical Magi traveled to Constantinople and Milan before landing in their current home inside an elaborate golden reliquary in the Cologne Cathedral.

After this historic church was destroyed by World War II bombing, its blackened shell was left standing as a monument.

Located in the middle of public park, this cave built in the early 19th century houses an ancient stone sarcophagus.

A small hippo-shaped fountain in Berlin, Germany.

Germany's longest suspension rope bridge.

In the summer of 1957, a massive architectural exhibition showed off the future of urban living in this German neighborhood.

A beautiful gorge filled with streams and waterfalls.

A peculiar trapezoidal building covered with wonderful humorous reliefs.

A 1:2 billion-scale solar system leads visitors into this German university town.

Deep in the forest next to Augsburg are abandoned bunkers and bullet traps from the region's military past.

Home to the world’s oldest seismograph and a four-ton steel ball that makes its own earthquakes.

A city's controversial tribute to its founder depicts townspeople flashing their bare behinds.

This fountain tucked away in a park is the focal point of the only "Green Basilica" in Germany.

This red London phone booth once stood in front of Buckingham Palace and was used by the queen.

Largest illuminated advertisement sign in the world.

One of the oldest student jails in Germany.

A historic fire call point.

A collection of 4,000 thimbles that's more versatile than one might imagine.

According to legend a man pooped out the window of this tower to prove that it was straight.

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

How did a lighthouse wind up in the middle of this landlocked German city?

The world's first and only three-segment bascule bridge folds up into the shape of a capital "N" to let boat traffic through.

Oberweissbacher Bergbahn - a broad-gauged cable car capable transfering railcars.

A remarkable two-country morph, this town is part of Germany legally but is by all other measures Swiss.