Kochel am See, Germany
Wikingerdorf Flake (Flake Viking Village)
The remnants of a fictional Viking village film set now serve as an educational and historical hotspot.
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Kochel am See, Germany
The remnants of a fictional Viking village film set now serve as an educational and historical hotspot.
Landsberg am Lech, Germany
The prison where Hitler wrote "Mein Kampf," and 278 Nazis were later executed for war crimes.
Schaffhausen, Switzerland
This taxidermilogical collection was assembled by a peltmonger turned animal activist.
Ferrara di Monte Baldo, Italy
This centuries-old Italian chapel hangs midway down a sheer cliffside.
Verona, Italy
It’s said this crypt was the setting for the tragic finale of the Shakespeare play.
Dolomites, Italy
A climbing route in the mountains of Italy’s Dolomites, built for soldiers during World War I.
Bolzano, Italy
The first passenger cable car in the world.
Graun im Vinschgau, Italy
A 1930s defensive fortification designed to protect Italy from a German invasion.
Schonach im Schwarzwald, Germany
A Black Forest cuckoo clock theme park features one timepiece big enough to walk inside.
Cologne, Germany
This 19th-century fountain features sculptures of little gnomes that help with chores.
Doorn, Netherlands
The elegant manor house where Kaiser Wilhelm II lived in exile after World War I.
Dusseldorf, Germany
In the middle of a wonderful recreational park, this memorial reminds us of the dark past of this place.
Hamburg, Germany
Once the tallest building in the world, this abandoned church is now a monument to the destruction of WWII.
Lohheide, Germany
A Nazi concentration camp and Anne Frank's place of death.
Bremen, Germany
A spitting ode to a German serial killer.
Bremen, Germany
Eight naturally mummified bodies in glass coffins are housed in an underground crypt.
Sögel, Germany
There are two dozen tanks just sitting in an open field in Lower Saxony.
Vaals, Netherlands
A beautiful maze marks where three countries meet.
Schleiden, Germany
This former Nazi castle was built as a school to train what would have been the future of the Third Reich.
Illkirch-Graffenstaden, France
The little tuxedo cat survived the trip, then languished in obscurity.
Oppenheim, Germany
This German bone house contains the remains of some 20,000 souls.
Blaubeuren, Germany
In this brilliant blue spring in Germany, legend has it that a sad mermaid learned to finally laugh.
Innsbruck, Austria
This splendid tomb may look fantastic, but there's nothing in it...
Innsbruck, Austria
Archduke Ferdinand II's collection of rare objects is considered one of the oldest museums in the world.