Places magdalenehaeberle Wants to Go

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

A monumental golden thumb rises as an iconic homage to Nouveau Réalisme, bold in scale and unapologetic in spirit.

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

Every half hour the eye-rolling clock face sticks out its tongue to mock the good citizens of Koblenz.

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

Graffiti-clad ruins of an abandoned 1980s industrial site with a toxic past are nestled among residential houses.

Legend claims these are the heads of executed criminals, magically turned to stone.

The history of German architecture is explored across this fairy-scale mini-city.

This cabinet of curiosities contains many special and fantastical objects from around the world.

A two-inch thick solid brass rod that extends an astounding one kilometer straight into the earth.

At this cemetery, artists are invited to design their own gravestones.

A modern museum dedicated to the fairytales and dictionary work of the Brothers Grimm.

The jaw of one of humankind's earliest ancestors on display at an overlooked geology museum.

The Friedrich Ebert Memorial in Heidelberg commemorates the first democratic head of state in German history.

A larger-than-life monument to the inventor of the Bunsen burner.

A small museum dedicated to the history and design of German packaging.

This gilded emblem was once stolen by a Cookie Monster impostor, who demanded a charitable ransom for its return.

This feat of German engineering is one of the only elevators in the world following a curved path.

Blending modern art with Baroque architecture, this wondrous mosaic grotto serves as the late artist's final creation.

This gateway to subterranean Hanover plays jazz, pop and rock to surprised passersby.

An extraordinary mechanical calculator designed by the mathematician and philosopher Gottfried Leibniz.

The difficulty of getting a good night's sleep is an age-old affliction according to the one-of-a-kind Snoring Museum.

Europe’s first football club cemetery, where lifelong supporters remain close to their team even after death.

A suburban monument preserves the faces of twenty murdered Jewish boys and girls.