Wiesenthau, Germany
Walberla
An ancient pagan site swirling with legends in the foothills of Franconian Switzerland.
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Wiesenthau, Germany
An ancient pagan site swirling with legends in the foothills of Franconian Switzerland.
Trier, Germany
The birthplace of Karl Marx is now a museum dedicated to the communist revolutionary's life and work.
Chiemsee, Germany
Originally envisioned by King Ludwig II to rival Versailles, Herrenchiemsee's "New Palace" remains half-gilded for lack of funds.
Furth im Wald, Germany
Each year, Germany's "City of Dragons" slays the world's largest walking robot.
Munich, Germany
A small square plaque marks a failed assassination attempt that could have changed history.
Waldeck, Germany
As lake waters recede, a German village reemerges after more than a hundred years.
Heidelberg, Germany
This historic funicular system combines the old with the new while offering delightful views over the surrounding valley.
Schleiden, Germany
This former Nazi castle was built as a school to train what would have been the future of the Third Reich.
Zittau, Germany
This historic little railroad runs through some of the most beautiful scenery in Germany.
Dingolfing, Germany
In a small churchyard in Dingolfing, Germany the quaint Schusterkapelle is there to remind you of your imminent mortality.
Halle (Saale), Germany
The 3,600-year-old archeological sensation is considered to be the oldest representation of the cosmos.
Dessau-Roßlau, Germany
The ruins of an abandoned crematorium haunt an eerie deserted German cemetery.
Berlin, Germany
Germany's Glienicke Bridge has a shady history of clandestine meetings, espionage, and spycraft.
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
The stones of this formerly witch-obsessed castle were used to build a church.
Darmstadt, Germany
Crop circles inspired this whimsical garden in Germany.
Lübeck, Germany
A stunning two-story timepiece within a medieval Brick Gothic church.
Berlin, Germany
One of the world's heaviest musical instruments towers within a popular urban park.
Sögel, Germany
There are two dozen tanks just sitting in an open field in Lower Saxony.
Frankfurt, Germany
This unique exhibit "Dialogue in the Dark" reverses roles as the visionless become guides and the sighted become ‘blind.’
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.
Dusseldorf, Germany
Twisted buildings adorn the banks of the Rhine river.
Idar-Oberstein, Germany
A tiny chapel clings to a precipice above Germany’s gemstone capital.
Nuremberg, Germany
This lurid German fountain plots the sad course of marriage from dating to death.
Nördlingen, Germany
A meteorite-bounded town in Bavaria.