Places sfmichelearmstrong Wants to Go

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

Remnants of a cone-shaped Nazi bomb shelter.

Tiny castle in the middle of the Rhine made you pay to pass.

The monumental home of Prussia’s eccentric "Cannon King."

An exquisite panometer representing Dresden as it was from 1695 to 1760.

Take a walk in a recreation of ancient Rome.

This strange building looks like a medieval fortress crashed into a 1960s Brutalist office block.

This beautiful 19th-century temple stands atop the ruins of its predecessor.

A delightful but little-known public observatory and planetarium in Munich.

An officers prison camp believed to be impregnable by the Germans saw over 30 successful escapes.

The real life town from the Pied Piper of Hamelin has a mechanical puppet show that retells the famous story many times a day.

A kindergarten shaped like a cat with a tail that's a slide.

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

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

A museum dedicated to the silliest fruit.

A historic steam train meanders along one of the most scenic rail routes in Germany's Black Forest.

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

The birthplace of Karl Marx is now a museum dedicated to the communist revolutionary's life and work.

An ancient pagan site swirling with legends in the foothills of Franconian Switzerland.

This old wooden funicular railway leads to a cemetery in the forest.

Originally envisioned by King Ludwig II to rival Versailles, Herrenchiemsee's "New Palace" remains half-gilded for lack of funds.

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

This historic little railroad runs through some of the most beautiful scenery in Germany.

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