Berlin, Germany
Schwerbelastungskörper
Super-heavy Nazi architectural experiment.
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Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Erfurt, Germany
Krämerbrücke
This historic stone bridge has an entire neighborhood clinging to its sides.
Ettal, Germany
Linderhof Palace
A small but immensely extravagant palace built by the "Night King."
Berlin, Germany
Berliner Medizinhistorisches Museum
Home to 10,000 medical specimens including the remains of Rudolf Virchow's extensive collection of pathological specimens.
Munich, Germany
Jeweled Skeleton of Saint Munditia
The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.
Munich, Germany
Umschreibung
A stairway to heaven, or to nowhere at all.
Berlin, Germany
Museum der Dinge
From toys to kettles to scientific instruments, this German museum celebrates the beauty of 20th century design.
Cologne, Germany
Church of St. Ursula
A church filled with the bones of hundreds of virgins martyrs—or so they say.
Berchtesgaden, Germany
The Eagle's Nest
Soaring over 6,000 feet in the Bavarian Alps, this beer garden was once Hitler's 50th birthday present.
Berlin, Germany
Führerbunker Parking Lot
The bunker where Hitler took his own life is hidden under this deliberately ordinary parking lot.
Berlin, Germany
The Bebelplatz
The site of the famous Nazi book burning campaign of 1933 remembers its "Night of Shame".
Saalfeld, Germany
Saalfeld Fairy Grottoes
"The most colorful grottoes of the world.
Permanently Closed
Wustermark, Germany
Hitler's Olympic Village
The 1936 Summer Olympics site is a crumbling remnant of sportsmanship and a history its host country would like to forget.
Berlin, Germany
The Bierpinsel
A tree-like building perches on its trunk in the Steglitz neighborhood of Berlin.
Dresden, Germany
Kunsthofpassage Singing Drain Pipes
When the rain falls, this drain system turns into a musical instrument.
Lemgo, Germany
Karl Junker House
An intricate and amazing house built by architect Karl Junker.
Wuppertal, Germany
Schwebebahn Wuppertal
This "floating railway" is one of the world's oldest monorail systems.
Berlin, Germany
Berlin Story Bunker
This World War II bunker now survives as a documentation of the Nazi regime and war crimes.
Berlin, Germany
Vestiges of the Berlin Wall
On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.
Waldsassen, Germany
The Skeletons of Waldsassen Basilica
Skeletons dressed in extravagant 18th century royal costumes cavort in the aisles of this German basilica.
Berlin, Germany
Burgermeister
Where once there was a train station bathroom, there is now this German burger joint.
Berlin, Germany
Gärten der Welt (Gardens of the World)
Gardens representing parts of Asia, Europe, and the Mid East are tucked away among the Soviet-style buildings in East Berlin.
Berlin, Germany
The DDR Museum
A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.
Berlin, Germany
Pfaueninsel
This Berlin island is home to a flock of free-roaming peacocks, as well as a historic ivory folly.
