Katie Cordrey
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The Porsche Museum in Stuttgart opened to the public on January 31, 2009. The $100 million structure was designed by architects at the Austrian firm Delugan Meissl and is as distinctive as the cars it showcases. The cars are displayed as fine art pieces. The few that aren’t drivable are suspended from cables or mounted on stands to show off their sensual forms. I’ve never been much of a Porsche aficionado, but I’d love to go just to see the museum’s architecture. That $28,000 profit on each unit sold has built one very nice auto museum.  For a mere eight euros per person (four euros for students, senior citizens, the disabled and the unemployed), the Museum allows first-hand access to most of the company's notable creations through the years, from 24-year-old Ferdinand Porsche's electric wheel-hub motor unveiled at the 1900 Paris World Fair to the incomparable Porsche Carrera GT supercar. If you care about automotive history, this is a holy site -- do yourself a favor and make a pilgrimage the next time you're in Germany.
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