Places rereads247 Wants to Go

Once the tallest building in the world, this abandoned church is now a monument to the destruction of WWII.

This German version of Universal Studios holds a vault of treasures from the NeverEnding Story.

Among the ostentatious rococo ornamentation of this church, an image of death cuts the life-thread.

A Black Forest cuckoo clock theme park features one timepiece big enough to walk inside.

What was once thought to be a wellspring of unicorn bones is actually just a prehistoric burial site.

An elevator into the Baltic Sea.

These blingy, baubled skeletons lie in glass boxes inside a baroque Bavarian church.

This unique Renaissance castle was turned into a home for Nazi occultism.

The prototype for all Nazi concentration camps.

A restaurant and observation deck built in a unique broadcasting antenna.

This unusual small wind turbine in Germany has only a single rotor blade.

The whole world in one water tank.

Brain collection and database that narrows the gap between man and animal.

Fascinating museum dedicated to the under-appreciated medical history of urology features some wince-inducing devices.

Built by the patriotic residents of Boonsboro in a single day.

This fort down the Potomac from Washington, D.C. was once the only defensive fort protecting the capital.

This simple convenience store sits on the location where the Ouija board was named—and has a plaque to prove it.

This abandoned sea fort has become an accidental bird sanctuary.

The shelves in the back of this thrift store are devoted to saving, not selling, retro tech.

This dig site outside D.C. is known for its exceptionally high density of baby dinosaur fossils and dinosaur eggs.

This Maryland farm is known for its amazing corn mazes and its 30-foot junkbots.

The ruins of this long-abandoned unsuccessful gold mine can still be found.

A blank headstone topped with a pile of pennies marks the final resting place of the infamous assassin.

The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.