Places Pengwn Wants to Go

When a medieval fire claimed the original St. Stephen’s Cathedral, it sparked a pattern of unquenchable organ building.

A whimsical art tower at a Bavarian brewery includes a grotto for its mythical beer-brewing dwarves.

A meteorite-bounded town in Bavaria.

Horrifically creative torture devices and shame punishments line the walls of this chilling museum.

Every hour the doors open to reenact the legend of the heroic mayor who saved his town by drinking a gallon of wine.

This extremely narrow tenement boasts a maximum occupancy of just two.

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

This lurid German fountain plots the sad course of marriage from dating to death.

This historic stone bridge has an entire neighborhood clinging to its sides.

Before the electric telegraph, a chain of stone towers carried messages across France.

Hiding the longest subterranean river known in the world.

This small window display is dedicated to the noble carrot.

One of the most well-known city festivals in the world.

It's good luck to be mocked by this monkey.

This 600-year-old home seems to defy physics.

This German bone house contains the remains of some 20,000 souls.

Every half hour the eye-rolling clock face sticks out its tongue to mock the good citizens of Koblenz.

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

A German apartment building hosting as many trees as human occupants.

One of the only spherical 19th century gas containers left today.

After years of being casually peed on by humans, this tree is peeing back.

A rare water-powered funicular, it uses a huge tank of water and gravity to do its work.

Carved fountains poignantly placed in parks and in front of special monuments.

This German fountain of a legendary apple wine-loving drink thief will spit on you.