Places michaelroelli Wants to Go

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

One man's stunning attempt at eco-friendly living.

This collection of French root art looks like an indoor fairy wonderland.

The remains of this castle, known as the Witch’s Eye, watch over the Thur Valley.

A lookout built from shipping containers with a rare view into the harbor’s busy machinery.

The world’s largest museum dedicated to mining, complete with an underground show cave.

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

A decomissioned facility where the German "Transrapid" maglev trains were once tested.

The world's first motorway was used as a racetrack until the late 1990s.

One of the last remaining railway viaducts equipped with a transporter ferry.

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

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

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

This strategic isle was once swapped between empires and almost entirely destroyed in a bomb explosion.

Named after the German word for "a longingness to travel," this park brings together thousands of city and street signs from around the world.

On the highest peak in the Harz Mountains, science and the occult faced off in a failed attempt to turn a goat into a boy.

Giant wind turbine with observation deck at the very top.

Hamburg's first legal sex work is relegated to a gated street that still does not allow pedestrian women.

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

The sweet story of how American cargo planes became known as "Candy Bombers" during the Berlin Blockade.