Places optimamichael Wants to Go

This peculiar Italian elevator runs both horizontally and vertically.

This small condiment museum makes all manner of mustards with a 200-year-old mill.

Life-sized bronze statues of fictional puppet characters.

The largest bell in the world has been swinging high above a Cologne cathedral for almost a century.

Along the banks of the River Rhine lies a park that seems unassuming, but beneath the surface lies a long and fascinating history.

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

The zoological collection at the Hessisches Landesmuseum hosts some of the world's oldest habitat dioramas.

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

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

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

This highrise residential building looks mundane, but hides a water tower and WWII bunker.

This futuristic German television spire is actually the world's largest digital clock.