Places pleiades Wants to Go

Hiding the longest subterranean river known in the world.

A magical and peaceful ruined Cistercian abbey in what is now southern Belgium.

Part modern art project, part traditional chapel, this see-through church is only substantial from the right angle.

This stunning waterfall is the backdrop to a site that has seen continuous human habitation for 250,000 years.

According to myth, there's a bloody explanation for the beautiful bright red color of this rock formation set amidst alpine vegetation.

This monumental fountain has moved around the city multiple times.

In this brilliant blue spring in Germany, legend has it that a sad mermaid learned to finally laugh.

At one of Berlin’s oldest churches, visitors can place mosaic tiles to help restore a medieval mural.

A German town is growing a building out of trees.

Shimmering sea-colored mosaics and Jesus statues cover this opulent building.

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

A statue honors the local legend that the devil helped build St. Mary's church after being tricked into thinking it was going to be a wine bar.

Solar observatory doubles as a daring display of Expressionist architecture, much to Einstein's chagrin.

The 3,600-year-old archeological sensation is considered to be the oldest representation of the cosmos.

Crop circles inspired this whimsical garden in Germany.

The first (but not only) upside-down house in Germany.

A stunning two-story timepiece within a medieval Brick Gothic church.

The skeletal frame of a decommissioned gas-pumping station offers breathtaking views of greater Berlin.

Twisted buildings adorn the banks of the Rhine river.

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

A meteorite-bounded town in Bavaria.

The last bastion of Roman presence north of the Alps looms over a German town.

The entrance to this Frankfurt subway station looks like an old tram car crashed into the concrete sidewalk.

This curious sculpture represents the perseverance needed to take to the skies.