Places meadowmouse Wants to Go

A triumphal steel arch on the side of a German mountain.

A horse statue that receives constant makeovers from graffiti artists and locals.

Home to the world’s oldest seismograph and a four-ton steel ball that makes its own earthquakes.

After this historic church was destroyed by World War II bombing, its blackened shell was left standing as a monument.

This fountain tucked away in a park is the focal point of the only "Green Basilica" in Germany.

This mysterious pig iron pillar does not rust, despite being weathered by the elements for centuries.

Beloved children's TV characters freckle the German city's streets.

A city's controversial tribute to its founder depicts townspeople flashing their bare behinds.

Hidden in plain sight on a gable between two towers on the roof of shipping firm F. Laeisz' headquarter in Hamburg sits an unexpected bronze sculpture.

This impressive castle looms over small German town.

What appears to be an ordinary bridge is actually a rare aqueduct.

A German artist built a home and garden filled with whimsical art pieces, like a massive, operational volcano.

While you wait to cross the street at a traffic light in Mainz, you might notice that the light is staring back at you.

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

In the city forest of Augsburg are oval, artificial ponds formed from a World War II bombing campaign.

A remarkable two-country morph, this town is part of Germany legally but is by all other measures Swiss.

This rock resembling a turned-up boot has become the symbol of St. Ingbert.

Largely overlooked, this little fountain on Museum Island is a whimsical tribute to a Prussian king nicknamed the “Fatty Flounder.”

Oberweissbacher Bergbahn - a broad-gauged cable car capable transfering railcars.

Keep your eyes out for this "ghost" and walking pun.

It's said the devil used this mushroom rock as a table for a late-night meal.

Germany's longest suspension rope bridge.

For centuries, Germans have been dancing in trees.

Amöneburg is a town perched on top of a basalt mountain in the middle of an ancient meteor crater.