Places mrsamps Wants to Go

Built to test magnetically levitated elevators, the tower also boasts Germany's highest visitor platform.

This private museum is packed with 20th-century traffic and technology artifacts.

A canopy trail with sweeping views and a giant tunnel slide.

A mammoth WWII anti-air defense tower has been repurposed as a hotel with a rooftop garden.

Executed in 1401, Exhumed in 1878, Stolen in 2010.

The bells remain in a shattered heap exactly as they fell when the church was bombed in World War II.

The final resting place of the famed German pilot, the "Red Baron."

This baroque palace displays an impressive collection of taxidermy, art, and rare objects from the days of courtly hunting.

After falling into disuse, this imposing department store found new life as a Hollywood backdrop and a theater.

Created as a "model concentration camp" to hide Nazi atrocities from the international community, this former camp-ghetto now holds a museum and memorial honoring the lives lost within.

This small train ride offers stellar views of the Grand Garden Palace.

Mozart's skull may be held in this collection, but definitive proof continues to elude scientists.

Two nations form a rare four-sided border at the peak of a mountain, philosophical questions result.

Swarovski's museum/theme park is a fake diamond fantasia overlooked by a giant.

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

This impressive castle looms over small German town.

Behold, a collection dedicated to Germany's favorite vegetable.

This airport currywurst stand is made out of retro airplane parts.

This small town in Germany was once a center of peppermint production, and has the museum to prove it.

Four-story slides send people whizzing through the math department at this Munich university.

This red London phone booth once stood in front of Buckingham Palace and was used by the queen.

One man's personal kunstkammer, museum and shop.

A massive collection of vintage cars in an industrial-style building.

The world’s largest Masonic temple was saved by the White Stripes.