Places timcrobin Wants to Go

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

A rare water-powered funicular, it uses a huge tank of water and gravity to do its work.

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

The Bauhaus-style former industrial complex is considered the world's most beautiful coal mine.

A German town is growing a building out of trees.

This contentious squat has stood through fire, violence, and government intervention as a hotbed of leftist protest.

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

A whimsical art tower at a Bavarian brewery includes a grotto for its mythical beer-brewing dwarves.

The prison where Hitler wrote "Mein Kampf," and 278 Nazis were later executed for war crimes.

A former Nazi lookout tower with a magnificent view of the Rhineland.

The abandoned mine where American troops discovered a treasure trove of art and artifacts hidden by the Nazis.

Built to test magnetically levitated elevators, the tower also boasts Germany's highest visitor platform.

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

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

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

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

A towering monument to war, located on a beautifully peaceful hill.

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

This former Nazi castle was built as a school to train what would have been the future of the Third Reich.

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

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

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

There are two dozen tanks just sitting in an open field in Lower Saxony.

A portable, wooden replica (minus the hyphen) of Hamburg’s iconic crooked coffee shop.