Hamburg, Germany
Wälderhaus
This wooden hotel is a temple to German sustainability and forest conservation.
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Hamburg, Germany
This wooden hotel is a temple to German sustainability and forest conservation.
Hamburg, Germany
Dating back to the Pre-Roman Iron Age, this piece of bread is Europe's oldest surviving formed bakery product.
Hamburg, Germany
One of the largest legal spray spots in Hamburg.
Bispingen, Germany
A German artist built a home and garden filled with whimsical art pieces, like a massive, operational volcano.
Lüneburg, Germany
This German museum devoted to the simple wonders of salt is actually built over an old saltworks.
Wittenberge, Germany
This striking clock tower was once part of the Singer sewing machine factory.
Neustadt, Germany
The natural mummy of the less than chivalrous Knight Kahlbutz.
Templin, Germany
The world's most delightful not-NOT-religion welcomes visitors to the town of Templin, just like its more stoic peers.
Usedom, Germany
A section of destroyed vertical lift bridge stands alone in the Peene river.
Peenemünde, Germany
This 1960's Soviet submarine in Peenemünde Harbor claims to be the largest submarine museum in the world.
Binz, Germany
Hitler's bleak vision of relaxation still stands as a mostly abandoned 10,000-room resort complex.
Rostock, Germany
A taxidermied stork with an arrow through its neck proved that birds migrate.
Schwerin, Germany
A city's controversial tribute to its founder depicts townspeople flashing their bare behinds.
Schwerin, Germany
Seventeen members of the local royal family are interred in this Baroque church in northern Germany.
Gadebusch, Germany
This unusual sculpture depicts how coins were made when minting was done by hand.
Lübeck, Germany
Twelve sweet, nutty, life-sized statues are housed in this second-story shrine to almond paste.
Lübeck, Germany
Dancing skeletal figures pay homage to a medieval mural destroyed during World War II.
Lübeck, Germany
The small alleys in Lübeck's Old Town are a result of medieval urban sprawl.
Lübeck, Germany
Only 380 kV Powerline in Europe not directly interconnected to the European 380 kV Grid.
Sierksdorf, Germany
A museum dedicated to the silliest fruit.
Eutin, Germany
This ancient oak tree plays matchmaker for singles willing to branch out from the usual dating scene.
Schleswig, Germany
Ample proof that watery ends make for well-preserved, millenia-old mummies.
Eisenach, Germany
The castle where Martin Luther secretly translated the New Testament from Greek to German while in hiding.