Places pierro69740 Wants to Go

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

The oldest trees in Northern Germany.

1898 German railroad depot museum with working engines, steam train excursions, and hands-on displays.

The Suurhusen church tower in Germany leans over farther than the famous Leaning Tower of Pisa.

A graveyard and memorial chapel for victims of leprosy.

Wooden pathways run through this rocky landscape, which legend says was created when a dwarven king pulled down his own castle to stop raiding giants.

This decommissioned nuclear power plant offers tours of its Communist-era control room and reactor hall.

These tenacious 14th-century towers defied demolition and are now a fairytale vacation rental.

On high feast days, the entire blue-glass front of this modern church opens up to reveal the small wooden church inside.

This magnificent church allows travelers along one of Germany's busiest roadways a chance to rest and reflect.

The body of at least one victim of a construction accident was left behind in the collapsed pylon, buried under tons of concrete.

This unique medieval artwork featuring the story of the Antichrist remained lost for decades.

The last Tsar of Russia constructed this private church just so he could attend services when visiting his wife's hometown.

The highest cold-water geyser in the world.

This natural history museum houses one of the world's largest rat kings, a terrifying jumble of tangled rodents.

A Neolithic celestial calendar standing in a nondescript wheat field.

This stone amphitheater was once part of Nazi Germany's plan to promote propaganda.

A beautiful collection of taxidermy birds and rare pomological wax models.

A serious museum dedicated to two German comedians.

Centuries of warfare, tragedy, executions, and poetry come together in this 13th-century fortress.

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

A preserved college lock-up that recalls a clubhouse approach to discipline.

The final resting place for a wealthy Roman family, this tomb might be the best preserved of its kind outside Italy.

The original burial place of this preeminent 18th-century Jewish philosopher was razed by the Nazis.