Places maurverick Wants to Go

A moving and macabre World War I-era painting by the great artist Otto Dix.

Sausages, schnitzel, and weiners.

This proud Teutonic warrior rises out of a German forest heralding a victory and measuring lightning.

This former Soviet military base has over 10 original aircraft and an enormous amount of memorabilia on display.

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

A famed artist's inspiring work of peace and tolerance.

Beer lovers thirsty for knowledge can now visit a museum devoted to the world's largest hop-growing region.

The oldest trees in Northern Germany.

This magnificent church allows travelers along one of Germany's busiest roadways a chance to rest and reflect.

A Neolithic celestial calendar standing in a nondescript wheat field.

Behold, a collection dedicated to Germany's favorite vegetable.

A beautiful collection of taxidermy birds and rare pomological wax models.

The final resting place for a wealthy Roman family, this tomb might be the best preserved of its kind outside Italy.

A unique bridge with an equally unique view.

This 18th-century folly is one of Europe's rare "garden mosques."

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

A preserved college lock-up that recalls a clubhouse approach to discipline.

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

These jeweled relics have a scandalous and contested past.

For patriotic Russians, this memorial honoring the Soviet soldiers who died liberating Berlin in 1945 is the most sacred location outside of Russia.

An exquisite panometer representing Dresden as it was from 1695 to 1760.

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

Constantly maintained, this organ is playing a six-century long composition by John Cage.

The bells remain in a shattered heap exactly as they fell when the church was bombed in World War II.