Places meadowmouse Wants to Go

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

Take a walk in a recreation of ancient Rome.

Giant wind turbine with observation deck at the very top.

A stonemason's hilarious revenge came in the form of this peculiarly positioned gargoyle.

A Saxony castle houses one of the largest and most outstanding mineral collections in the world.

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

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

This public observatory is home to the "celestial cannon," the longest pointable telescope in the world.

Böttcherstraße's bells, extolling Nordic virtues and the great conquerors of the world.

Made from trees and then abandoned, this fence is still growing along a path in Germany.

The only microgravity tower in Europe can produce nine seconds of weightlessness.

A ruined castle stands atop a hill surrounded by dragon lore.

A German town is growing a building out of trees.

This strange building looks like a medieval fortress crashed into a 1960s Brutalist office block.

This massive statue is the personification of Bavaria and the first colossal statue of the modern period composed of bronze.

At this unusual park, domes, ladders, chairs, and more are made from trees.

A former Nazi lookout tower with a magnificent view of the Rhineland.

The Bauhaus-style former industrial complex is considered the world's most beautiful coal mine.

Legendary site where an evil bishop was devoured by rodents.

Carved fountains poignantly placed in parks and in front of special monuments.

The world's biggest pet store.

A rare water-powered funicular, it uses a huge tank of water and gravity to do its work.

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

The real life town from the Pied Piper of Hamelin has a mechanical puppet show that retells the famous story many times a day.