Places maurverick Wants to Go

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

A small but immensely extravagant palace built by the "Night King."

A long spiraling walkway winds through the woods, and around a copper beech tree at the center.

Soaring over 6,000 feet in the Bavarian Alps, this beer garden was once Hitler's 50th birthday present.

Skeletons dressed in extravagant 18th century royal costumes cavort in the aisles of this German basilica.

This "floating railway" is one of the world's oldest monorail systems.

A stairway to heaven, or to nowhere at all.

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

From toys to kettles to scientific instruments, this German museum celebrates the beauty of 20th century design.

This Berlin island is home to a flock of free-roaming peacocks, as well as a historic ivory folly.

Ruins of a German castle on top of a towering stone pillar.

This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.

This futuristic German spa allows visitors to float in a pool of salt water while zoning out to underwater techno.

The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”

The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.

Saint Borromeo often prayed in this austere crypt during the 16th century.

Artistic tombs, monuments, and a beautiful "Hall of Fame" lurk inside this cemetery.

A space dedicated to contemporary art and culture, co-chaired by fashion icon Miuccia Prada.

This curious building hides eclectic details like medieval gargoyles alongside naked angels and Art Nouveau mosaics.

Small on the outside, big on the inside, this church is an astonishing act of visual deception.

An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.

This giant middle finger statue sends an unambiguous message to Italy's bankers.

Nature has shaped this drainage tunnel into the digestive tract of a mighty beast.

Inside this striking glass building, visitors can see thousands of dinosaur fossils in the positions that nature deposited them more than 150 million years ago.