Places ThrillSeeker Wants to Go

German-style coffee and cake, just like Oma used to make it.

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

This curious sculpture represents the perseverance needed to take to the skies.

Twisted buildings adorn the banks of the Rhine river.

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

This lurid German fountain plots the sad course of marriage from dating to death.

A series of haunting wooden totems are hidden in the woods surrounding a German environmental center.

Bursting forth from a historic German neighborhood, these day-glo palaces are now a bright fixture in the town.

This marvelous array is one of the largest collections of mechanical instruments in Europe.

The many—66 to be exact—faces of the German forest.

A giant snail sculpture looking longingly at the German traffic museum.

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

The topiary maze at the Habsburg hunting lodge.

The former private quarters and office of Dr. Sigmund Freud now hosts a museum housing the works of the founding father of psychoanalysis.

Epicurean and holy traditions converge in what may be the oldest restaurant in Europe.

Visiting this café is like visiting the Austrian grandma you wish you had.

Dine amidst exotic plants at this former royal greenhouse.

A tropical paradise just a short trip from the opera house is filled with beautiful winged creatures.

A small museum filled with over 1,000 clocks, and one particular clock calibrated to run until the year 9999.

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.

In this truly magical place, rent hasn't been raised since the year 1520.

Model Trains and Much More in Hamburg.

Walk inside a half mile long crevice right outside the town of Garmisch Partenkirchen.

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.