Zweibrücken, Germany
Zweibrücken R2-D2
A university observatory dome painted to resemble the beloved 'Star Wars' droid.
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Zweibrücken, Germany
A university observatory dome painted to resemble the beloved 'Star Wars' droid.
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
The stones of this formerly witch-obsessed castle were used to build a church.
Sögel, Germany
There are two dozen tanks just sitting in an open field in Lower Saxony.
Flossenbürg, Germany
A preserved Nazi labor camp now has a Holocaust museum on site and memorials to the thousands that died while imprisoned at the camp.
Berlin, Germany
A towering monument to war, located on a beautifully peaceful hill.
Trassenheide, Germany
The first (but not only) upside-down house in Germany.
Trier, Germany
The last bastion of Roman presence north of the Alps looms over a German town.
Netzschkau, Germany
The largest brick bridge in the world.
Friedrichshafen, Germany
Enter the cabin of a life-sized Hindenburg replica.
Bad Schandau, Germany
An ornate century-old elevator still connects the two halves of Bad Schandau.
Lohheide, Germany
A Nazi concentration camp and Anne Frank's place of death.
Leipzig, Germany
This incredible stone temple is a monument to death, victory, and fantasy architecture.
Regensburg, Germany
This riverside restaurant has been serving customers since 1146.
Passau, Germany
When a medieval fire claimed the original St. Stephen’s Cathedral, it sparked a pattern of unquenchable organ building.
Gräfenhainichen, Germany
Retirement home for giant obsolete machines.
Frankfurt, Germany
This unique exhibit "Dialogue in the Dark" reverses roles as the visionless become guides and the sighted become ‘blind.’
Königswinter, Germany
This temple to the sturm and drang of Richard Wagner contains a dragon's cave and reptile zoo full of living "dragons."
Magdeburg, Germany
The architect of this fanciful complex called it an "oasis for humanity and nature in a sea of rational houses."
Munich, Germany
This century-old cinema house has a marquee that has been hand painted by a single man for over 25 years.
Quedlinburg, Germany
The medieval institution is home to the precious treasure stolen in World War II in one of the greatest art thefts of the 20th century.
Brunswick, Germany
Bursting forth from a historic German neighborhood, these day-glo palaces are now a bright fixture in the town.
Sankt Andreasberg, Germany
Goethe's "Faust" was inspired by these rock formations known as the "Devil's Pulpit" and "Witches' Altar."
Schönefeld, Germany
This curious sculpture represents the perseverance needed to take to the skies.
Worms, Germany
The oldest Jewish cemetery in Europe survived Hitler's Germany.