Places Viator Wants to Go

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

This strange building looks like a medieval fortress crashed into a 1960s Brutalist office block.

One of the most well-known city festivals in the world.

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

Take a walk in a recreation of ancient Rome.

An exquisite panometer representing Dresden as it was from 1695 to 1760.

A preserved college lock-up that recalls a clubhouse approach to discipline.

A German town is growing a building out of trees.

The only microgravity tower in Europe can produce nine seconds of weightlessness.

Legendary site where an evil bishop was devoured by rodents.

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

The largest brick bridge in the world.

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

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

Sitting in the basement of a castle, the largest wine barrel in the world is bigger than most apartments.

This Rococo church is known as the most beautiful village church in the world, and does not disappoint.

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

A tiny island is connected to the mainland by a private railway that residents travel in their own personal wagons.

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

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

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

As lake waters recede, a German village reemerges after more than a hundred years.

Solar observatory doubles as a daring display of Expressionist architecture, much to Einstein's chagrin.

Twisted buildings adorn the banks of the Rhine river.