Places MeanderingMind Wants to Go

This 8th-century Bavarian monastery is home to an exquisite Baroque-era library.

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

Originally envisioned by King Ludwig II to rival Versailles, Herrenchiemsee's "New Palace" remains half-gilded for lack of funds.

This riverside restaurant has been serving customers since 1146.

The medieval institution is home to the precious treasure stolen in World War II in one of the greatest art thefts of the 20th century.

The ruined remains of the airport Claus von Stauffenberg departed in his failed attempt to kill Adolf Hitler.

Thousands of flowers create enchanting pink tunnels over the city streets.

This painted Lego bridge is the product of over a century of locomotive history.

Dress up like a miner and take a slide into the disco-lit depths of this once foundational salt mine.

This former steel and coal plant is now a neon-lit industrial fantasia.

The industrial monstrosity known as Bagger 258 is a colossal mining machine built in the DDR - but now left for dead in a German field.

Slaughterhouse Five opens its dank doors to fans of Kurt Vonnegut.

A restaurant and observation deck built in a unique broadcasting antenna.

The 1936 Summer Olympics site is a crumbling remnant of sportsmanship and a history its host country would like to forget.

Enigmatic bug-like sculptures mystify drivers along a Swedish highway.

Visit the home of Sweden's beloved fictional character, Pippi Longstocking.

A peat bog in southern Sweden provides a cozy and photogenic home for junked Volvos, Saabs, and the occasional American muscle car.

This luxury hotel suite is located deep in the bowels of an old mine.

According to legend, this boat-shaped henge is built over the grave of a mythic king.

Street artists transformed this abandoned industrial neighborhood into one of Europe's largest graffiti exhibitions.

A golden egg-shaped sauna in the Arctic tundra.

Crooked windswept pines give this old forest an enchanted and magical look.

A floating underwater hotel, created by a Swedish artist.

Micro-nation based around a nine-story high illegally built tower.