Places soimlostagain Wants to Go

Dress up like a miner and take a slide into the disco-lit depths of this once foundational salt mine.

A castle from the Holy Roman Empire that hosts traveling youth... in its stables.

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

This 600-year-old home seems to defy physics.

A quaint Russian village in the middle of a German metropolis.

The industrial monstrosity known as Bagger 258 is a colossal mining machine built in the DDR - but now left for dead in a German field.

The great Danube river starts here.

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

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

When German-Iraqi relations broke down, this embassy was vacated post haste.

This German bone house contains the remains of some 20,000 souls.

This Nazi-built amphitheater was constructed on a sacred mountain site used by various German cults.

Explore the complex ecology of this multifaceted nature preserve by riverboat.

These 18th century gardens tell a rocky story of the son of Odysseus.

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

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

No need to strap in for a “ride” on this walkable roller coaster.

A 12th-century fortress containing some of Berlin's oldest buildings.

Between Neo-Pagans and Neo-Nazis, these strange rock formations have a curious cult following and a very strange history.

A unique Holocaust memorial tells the personal stories of the Jewish residents exiled from greater Berlin.

Terrifying derelict military hospital once housed a recuperating Hitler.

This historic stone bridge has an entire neighborhood clinging to its sides.

Living trees form the structure of an open-air palace.

Soaring over 6,000 feet in the Bavarian Alps, this beer garden was once Hitler's 50th birthday present.