Rathen, Germany
Rathen Open Air Stage
This stone amphitheater was once part of Nazi Germany's plan to promote propaganda.
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Rathen, Germany
This stone amphitheater was once part of Nazi Germany's plan to promote propaganda.
Landsberg am Lech, Germany
A graveyard and memorial chapel for victims of leprosy.
Usterling, Germany
Nestled within a German forest is an intriguing, growing rock.
Frankfurt (Oder), Germany
This unique medieval artwork featuring the story of the Antichrist remained lost for decades.
Meißen, Germany
From morgue to urn, watch the whole process at this unusual educational attraction.
Berlin, Germany
At one of Berlin’s oldest churches, visitors can place mosaic tiles to help restore a medieval mural.
Neustadt, Germany
The natural mummy of the less than chivalrous Knight Kahlbutz.
Aachen, Germany
This bakery and museum offers tours of the tastes and mythology of Aachen's signature spice biscuit—just don't ask for the recipe.
Rott am Inn, Germany
These jeweled relics have a scandalous and contested past.
Lich, Germany
A Neolithic burial site erected around 3000 BC.
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
Walk inside a half mile long crevice right outside the town of Garmisch Partenkirchen.
Stuttgart, Germany
Remnants of a cone-shaped Nazi bomb shelter.
Xanten, Germany
Take a walk in a recreation of ancient Rome.
Neustadt an der Donau, Germany
The name doubles as an appropriate adjective for this small ossuary.
Bremen, Germany
Böttcherstraße's bells, extolling Nordic virtues and the great conquerors of the world.
Berlin, Germany
This sprawling Jewish cemetery is one of the largest in Europe.
Lübeck, Germany
Dancing skeletal figures pay homage to a medieval mural destroyed during World War II.
Blaubeuren, Germany
In this brilliant blue spring in Germany, legend has it that a sad mermaid learned to finally laugh.
Dresden, Germany
To the great disappointment of doomsdayers, this codex merely contains records of the Moon and Venus.
Colditz, Germany
An officers prison camp believed to be impregnable by the Germans saw over 30 successful escapes.
Berlin, Germany
The last remnants of a massive medieval wall that once encompassed the city of Berlin.
Lübeck, Germany
The bells remain in a shattered heap exactly as they fell when the church was bombed in World War II.
Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
This strange building looks like a medieval fortress crashed into a 1960s Brutalist office block.
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Flowers have mysteriously appeared on her effigy every day for the last 150 years.