Places vmhenshaw Wants to Go

A Baroque mansion with ties to legendary magicians and alchemists.

Ugly 18th-century dwarf statues living in a perfectly landscaped Austrian garden.

Each year, Germany's "City of Dragons" slays the world's largest walking robot.

Every hour the doors open to reenact the legend of the heroic mayor who saved his town by drinking a gallon of wine.

Horrifically creative torture devices and shame punishments line the walls of this chilling museum.

Archduke Ferdinand II's collection of rare objects is considered one of the oldest museums in the world.

This strange sculpture depicts a giant nightmare hare crushing a man to death beneath its colossal bulk.

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

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

This 8th-century Bavarian monastery is home to an exquisite Baroque-era library.

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

A hole in the floor of this chapel is said to have been created by a footprint of the devil.

Hidden in the forest are the crumbling, graffiti-covered remains of the factory where most of Germany's explosives were produced during World War II.

Nestled within a German forest is an intriguing, growing rock.

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

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

Oddly enough, a pair of Wolfs funded the construction of this Little Red Riding Hood sculpture.

An unofficial monument to the late King of Pop sits at the base of a Renaissance composer's statue

King Ludwig I's collection of beautiful women.

An abandoned train station in Munich constructed for the 1972 Olympic games.

This impressive castle looms over small German town.

Behold, a collection dedicated to Germany's favorite vegetable.

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

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