Places mcurtis Wants to Go

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

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

The world's most delightful not-NOT-religion welcomes visitors to the town of Templin, just like its more stoic peers.

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

These crumbling monastery ruins inspired a master of German Romanticism.

The oldest trees in Northern Germany.

A carved figure embodying the palace’s pint-sized but protective spirit rooted in local folklore.

Germany's last remaining Lenin statue has become a lightning rod of debate about the country's divided past.

After funding was cut for a memorial to the Danish author, the sculptor had his statue ceremonially lowered into the city harbor.

This unique architectural wonder is home to luxury apartments.

An oversized sculpted hand and mooning backside remind visitors that protecting the Earth can come with humor.

This colossal hiking boot, once built for a scout jamboree, serves as an observation tower and barbecue area.

A memorial for a young woman and her ghost, which are claimed to have caused countless deathly shipwrecks.

This 19th-century fountain features sculptures of little gnomes that help with chores.

If the tunes of antique organs and musical marionettes don't intoxicate you, the draft beer certainly will.

Life-sized bronze statues of fictional puppet characters.

This small condiment museum makes all manner of mustards with a 200-year-old mill.

An industrial relic is now one of Europe's most staggering art spaces.

This massive steel pyramid can be entered by a set of jagged steps that let visitors stand in its heart.

This small gallery nestled inside an old botanical glasshouse is a quiet place to enjoy art and nature.

This imposing tower named after the mythical sword of King Arthur is considered the tallest freestanding climbing wall in the world.

Every winter, this former planetarium is transformed into a massive, brightly-lit Christmas ornament.

There are two dozen tanks just sitting in an open field in Lower Saxony.

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