Places KingSmithy Wants to Go

This giant, 83-year-old ship elevator is an engineering feat to behold.

A top-secret bunker now turned museum, is an eerie look at what life would have looked like in the event of nuclear war.

The scars of World War II are preserved on its walls.

A small concrete monument remembers a German cold case involving incest, farm tools, and psychics.

From morgue to urn, watch the whole process at this unusual educational attraction.

Tourists often confuse this beautifully ornate former cigarette factory for a mosque.

A rare chance to ride one of the few continuous elevators still in operation.

The only remaining U-boat that is still floating never actually saw any action in World War II.

The mass grave of the 27 victims of the "Vampire of Hanover."

1898 German railroad depot museum with working engines, steam train excursions, and hands-on displays.

A historic steam train meanders along one of the most scenic rail routes in Germany's Black Forest.

A steam powered train that runs on city streets.

This German "living museum" is maybe a bit too immersive.

Be it nature, art, or abandoned military architecture this eclectic German "museum" has you covered.

On the highest peak in the Harz Mountains, science and the occult faced off in a failed attempt to turn a goat into a boy.

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

A Neolithic burial site erected around 3000 BC.

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

This ancient oak tree plays matchmaker for singles willing to branch out from the usual dating scene.

The non-native bovine herd was brought in to help conserve these Berlin wetlands.

Tiny castle in the middle of the Rhine made you pay to pass.

Böttcherstraße's bells, extolling Nordic virtues and the great conquerors of the world.

This fountain of a little boy that spits on passersby at erratic intervals is a town icon.

The site of good faith and good nature in the fictional world of Kcymaerxthaere.