Goslar, Germany
Goslar Nail Head
This strange sculpture is an enigmatic icon of this medieval German town.
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Goslar, Germany
This strange sculpture is an enigmatic icon of this medieval German town.
Wiesbaden, Germany
This tremendous timepiece was once the largest cuckoo clock in the world.
Wurmberg, Germany
This unusual small wind turbine in Germany has only a single rotor blade.
Tübingen, Germany
The Tübingen University anatomical collection hosts an example of an extremely rare medical phenomenon.
Waldenburg, Germany
A wonderfully versatile natural history curio cabinet preserved since the 1840s.
Chemnitz, Germany
This giant glowing "beanpole" adds much-needed pops of color to an otherwise drab power plant.
Schwerin, Germany
Seventeen members of the local royal family are interred in this Baroque church in northern Germany.
Darmstadt, Germany
This baroque palace displays an impressive collection of taxidermy, art, and rare objects from the days of courtly hunting.
Argenbühl, Germany
This mysterious cross appeared on a farmer's lawn in 1972 and has been attracting pilgrims ever since.
Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany
A top-secret bunker now turned museum, is an eerie look at what life would have looked like in the event of nuclear war.
Berlin, Germany
A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.
Garching bei München, Germany
This red London phone booth once stood in front of Buckingham Palace and was used by the queen.
Goslar, Germany
A peculiar trapezoidal building covered with wonderful humorous reliefs.
Herrsching am Ammersee, Germany
A carved grave marker from the 2nd century is mounted in the alcove wall of this Bavarian church.
Schwetzingen, Germany
This 18th-century folly is one of Europe's rare "garden mosques."
Brunswick, Germany
This German monument honors the so-called "Prince of Mathematicians."
Munich, Germany
The unusually large seat sits atop the base of a ruined temple.
Königstein im Taunus, Germany
World's only telecommunication tower with a wooden pinnacle.
Giessen, Germany
Commemorating a unique medieval profession: men who collected feces.
Rüdesheim am Rhein, Germany
This marvelous array is one of the largest collections of mechanical instruments in Europe.
Darmstadt, Germany
The zoological collection at the Hessisches Landesmuseum hosts some of the world's oldest habitat dioramas.
Goseck, Germany
A Neolithic celestial calendar standing in a nondescript wheat field.
Strausberg, Germany
A unique, free-floating electric ferry may be the only of its kind in Europe.
Munich, Germany
The telescope that discovered Neptune.