Hanover, Germany
Marktkirche
Striking occult iconography on a medieval German church.
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Hanover, Germany
Striking occult iconography on a medieval German church.
Oppenau, Germany
This ancient ruined monastery has been destroyed by fire so many times that it seems like God hates it.
Hildesheim, Germany
The world's oldest rose is so tough it survived being bombed in World War II.
Oberhausen, Germany
An industrial relic is now one of Europe's most staggering art spaces.
Potsdam, Germany
A quaint Russian village in the middle of a German metropolis.
Duisburg, Germany
This former steel and coal plant is now a neon-lit industrial fantasia.
Berlin, Germany
Named after a militant urban guerilla, this famous former squat is a graffiti-covered stronghold of leftist culture.
Potsdam, Germany
The "Prussian Versailles" that is as glorious today as when it was built.
Hamburg, Germany
Once the tallest building in the world, this abandoned church is now a monument to the destruction of WWII.
Berlin, Germany
Berlin's old airport.
Berlin, Germany
Beneath the impressive baroque cathedral that rises from the center of Berlin lies the largest collection of Prussian royals in the world.
Heidelberg, Germany
This Nazi-built amphitheater was constructed on a sacred mountain site used by various German cults.
Lübben, Germany
Explore the complex ecology of this multifaceted nature preserve by riverboat.
Herzberg am Harz, Germany
What was once thought to be a wellspring of unicorn bones is actually just a prehistoric burial site.
Büren, Germany
This unique Renaissance castle was turned into a home for Nazi occultism.
Berlin, Germany
Super-heavy Nazi architectural experiment.
Dachau, Germany
The prototype for all Nazi concentration camps.
Cologne, Germany
A church filled with the bones of hundreds of virgins martyrs—or so they say.
Wuppertal, Germany
This "floating railway" is one of the world's oldest monorail systems.
Berlin, Germany
This Berlin island is home to a flock of free-roaming peacocks, as well as a historic ivory folly.
Berlin, Germany
On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.
Berlin, Germany
An abandoned NSA listening post on Berlin's "Devil's Mountain."
Schwangau, Germany
The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”
Berlin, Germany
An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.