Berlin, Germany
Fliegeberg
This conical hill was built as a testing ground for an engineer known as the Glider King.
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Berlin, Germany
This conical hill was built as a testing ground for an engineer known as the Glider King.
Auerstedt, Germany
Living trees form the structure of an open-air palace.
Horn-Bad Meinberg, Germany
Between Neo-Pagans and Neo-Nazis, these strange rock formations have a curious cult following and a very strange history.
Beelitz, Germany
Terrifying derelict military hospital once housed a recuperating Hitler.
Ettal, Germany
A small but immensely extravagant palace built by the "Night King."
Binz, Germany
A long spiraling walkway winds through the woods, and around a copper beech tree at the center.
Erfurt, Germany
This historic stone bridge has an entire neighborhood clinging to its sides.
Munich, Germany
The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.
Cologne, Germany
A church filled with the bones of hundreds of virgins martyrs—or so they say.
Berchtesgaden, Germany
Soaring over 6,000 feet in the Bavarian Alps, this beer garden was once Hitler's 50th birthday present.
Saalfeld, Germany
"The most colorful grottoes of the world.
Lemgo, Germany
An intricate and amazing house built by architect Karl Junker.
Dresden, Germany
When the rain falls, this drain system turns into a musical instrument.
Wuppertal, Germany
This "floating railway" is one of the world's oldest monorail systems.
Waldsassen, Germany
Skeletons dressed in extravagant 18th century royal costumes cavort in the aisles of this German basilica.
Berlin, Germany
Where once there was a train station bathroom, there is now this German burger joint.
Lichtenstein, Germany
A striking 12th-century-style castle built on the edge of a cliff.
Berlin, Germany
Berlin's natural history museum houses the world's largest mounted dinosaur and the late beloved polar bear Knut.
Berlin, Germany
Gardens representing parts of Asia, Europe, and the Mid East are tucked away among the Soviet-style buildings in East Berlin.
Kassel, Germany
A sprawling Baroque park with 300-year-old hydro-pneumatic waterworks.
Lohmen, Germany
Ruins of a German castle on top of a towering stone pillar.
Berlin, Germany
A narrow passage next to a cafe leads to a courtyard exploding with murals, tags, and paste-ups.
Wierschem, Germany
This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.
Mühltal, Germany
The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.