Places Goksu Wants to Go

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

The castle where Martin Luther secretly translated the New Testament from Greek to German while in hiding.

Tucked away in a small German apartment is an eclectic museum devoted to West African vodun culture.

These jeweled relics have a scandalous and contested past.

Dancing skeletal figures pay homage to a medieval mural destroyed during World War II.

The name doubles as an appropriate adjective for this small ossuary.

This historic toy museum brings a little whimsy to a city not usually remembered for such things.

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

Eight naturally mummified bodies in glass coffins are housed in an underground crypt.

A wunderkammer of exoticism immortalized by Tom Waits.

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.

The ruins of an abandoned crematorium haunt an eerie deserted German cemetery.

In a small churchyard in Dingolfing, Germany the quaint Schusterkapelle is there to remind you of your imminent mortality.

The home of the morbid art of corpse plastination is open for visitors to view the fascinating, but stomach-churning process.

The resting place of 18th century German mummies.

In 1830, cemetery workers in Cham unearthed a chamber housing thousands of skeletal remains from the 13th century, which can still be viewed today.

The history of German architecture is explored across this fairy-scale mini-city.

This temple to the sturm and drang of Richard Wagner contains a dragon's cave and reptile zoo full of living "dragons."

The largest treasure hoard in Europe is contained in a castle that was bombed out during World War II.

This ancient ruined monastery has been destroyed by fire so many times that it seems like God hates it.

Striking occult iconography on a medieval German church.

This German museum is devoted to all aspects of grave culture from headstones to coffins.

In addition to fine dairy products, the world's most beautiful milk shop also offers a feast for the eyes.

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