Places Leah Nelson Wants to Go

Gargoyle head that brings good luck.

This scale model of our solar system hid in plain sight for years before a physics team sought out all the planets.

Two monstrous faces loom over a village in Czechia.

Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.

In this truly magical place, rent hasn't been raised since the year 1520.

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

The prison where Hitler wrote "Mein Kampf," and 278 Nazis were later executed for war crimes.

These blingy, baubled skeletons lie in glass boxes inside a baroque Bavarian church.

These bronze pamphlets remember a remarkable group of Germans who fearlessly opposed the Nazis in the very center of their power.

A small square plaque marks a failed assassination attempt that could have changed history.

Among the ostentatious rococo ornamentation of this church, an image of death cuts the life-thread.

Housed in an old church, this hunting museum holds a collection of mythical bird-rabbit creatures.

The footprint of a frustrated devil in Munich's Cathedral.

The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.

Go surfing on this urban wave, "hacked" by local surfers.

Golden cobblestones remember a time when this small alley was used to avoid having to give a Nazi salute.

A stairway to heaven, or to nowhere at all.

Where beer lovers can literally immerse themselves in beer.

Visitors dip into a variety of pools of what was once ice.

Originally envisioned by King Ludwig II to rival Versailles, Herrenchiemsee's "New Palace" remains half-gilded for lack of funds.

This splendid tomb may look fantastic, but there's nothing in it...

A rare example of a German cemetery with traditional grave markers dating back several generations.

Swarovski's museum/theme park is a fake diamond fantasia overlooked by a giant.

The bunker where Hitler took his own life is hidden under this deliberately ordinary parking lot.