Places shiri16 Wants to Go

Now overgrown, these anti-tank barriers from World War II are sometimes called "dragon's teeth."

A rare example of a German cemetery with traditional grave markers dating back several generations.

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

The small alleys in Lübeck's Old Town are a result of medieval urban sprawl.

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

This bakery and museum offers tours of the tastes and mythology of Aachen's signature spice biscuit—just don't ask for the recipe.

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

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

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.

A modern museum dedicated to the fairytales and dictionary work of the Brothers Grimm.

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

A university observatory dome painted to resemble the beloved 'Star Wars' droid.

A fascinating little museum dedicated to the thousands of chemical substances concealed in our food.

This historic funicular system combines the old with the new while offering delightful views over the surrounding valley.

An engineering wonder at Pillnitz Castle protects a precious 230-year-old flowering shrub.

An abandoned train station in Munich constructed for the 1972 Olympic games.

Twisted buildings adorn the banks of the Rhine river.

The world's most delightful not-NOT-religion welcomes visitors to the town of Templin, just like its more stoic peers.

A tiny chapel clings to a precipice above Germany’s gemstone capital.

The largest brick bridge in the world.

An ornate century-old elevator still connects the two halves of Bad Schandau.

The medieval institution is home to the precious treasure stolen in World War II in one of the greatest art thefts of the 20th century.

Executed in 1401, Exhumed in 1878, Stolen in 2010.

This obscene artwork on the side of a newspaper office pokes fun at a rival paper's former editor-in-chief.