Places meltingknight Wants to Go

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

A century-long search for a church that was never there.

A man-made slag heap that you can "ski" down, and is home to the world sandboarding championships.

A two-inch thick solid brass rod that extends an astounding one kilometer straight into the earth.

The "feral child" who appeared in Bavaria in the 19th century remains as much a mystery as his unsolved murder.

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

A small concrete monument remembers a German cold case involving incest, farm tools, and psychics.

Medieval ruins on a tiny island amid a flooded lake offer romantic respite to lovers seeking privacy.

The Suurhusen church tower in Germany leans over farther than the famous Leaning Tower of Pisa.

Remnants of a cone-shaped Nazi bomb shelter.

This dockworkers' lunch joint has been left leaning by a century of storm floods.

A Neolithic burial site erected around 3000 BC.

This German art chapel is perfect for those who like their worship hard, modern, and utterly alien.

The natural mummy of the less than chivalrous Knight Kahlbutz.

A replica of the Liberty Bell rang daily from West Berlin's City Hall throughout the Cold War.

The monumental home of Prussia’s eccentric "Cannon King."

These jeweled relics have a scandalous and contested past.

A fearsome dragon clings to a corner of Munich's city hall.

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

Nestled on the banks of a river in Nuremberg is a small museum that was once home of the city's official executioner.

A typical crusty old museum this isn't.

Be it nature, art, or abandoned military architecture this eclectic German "museum" has you covered.

The NASA scientists behind Apollo 11 started out developing Nazi weapons at this abandoned German rocket factory.

An abandoned underground bathroom is now a space for public art.