Places Petronille Wants to Go

Personal garden filled with mosaics made of recycled garbage.

One of the oldest and largest wooden churches in France was very evidently constructed by shipbuilders.

An art-filled botanical garden and former dyeworks hiding in plain sight.

This mountaintop mariner’s church is packed with model ships and nautical art while hosting an annual maritime festivity for the townsfolk below.

Located in the house where Gustave Flaubert was born, this odd museum has more to do with medical grotesquery than the Western novel.

A museum dedicated Germany's favorite drink and most well-known festival.

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

An Orthodox church inside a small "Garden of Eden" built by a man who had a vision.

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

The world's oldest operational public pier railway has shuttled seagoing commuters from ship to shore since 1909.

Now a memorial to merchant sailors and Titanic victims, this medieval church was destroyed by bombing raids in 1940.

A replica of the steam engine that hauled Queen Victoria's Royal Train is on display at Windsor.

All unmarked mute swans on the Thames are owned by the Queen per a tradition that began in the 12th century.

At just 51 feet and 10 inches long, it's the shortest street in England.

You can spend the night in Dr. Frank-N-Furter's castle.

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

The Tübingen University anatomical collection hosts an example of an extremely rare medical phenomenon.

This former Soviet military base has over 10 original aircraft and an enormous amount of memorabilia on display.

A giant snail sculpture looking longingly at the German traffic museum.

From morgue to urn, watch the whole process at this unusual educational attraction.

A varied collection of brains in alcohol.

One of the oldest cemeteries in Germany was originally used for victims of a cholera epidemic.

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

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