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Ötzi the Iceman

Bolzano, Italy

Ötzi the Iceman

Europe’s oldest natural human mummy.

a group of them

Tirolo, Italy

Erdpyramide in Tirol

These unique "earth pyramid" clay columns can be found in ravines around the village of Tirolo.

Campanile di Curon

Schnals, Italy

Campanile di Curon

Bell tower juts out from a village buried under a lake.

Partnach Gorge

Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany

Partnachklamm (Partnach Gorge)

Walk inside a half mile long crevice right outside the town of Garmisch Partenkirchen.

Höllentalklamm

Grainau, Germany

Höllentalklamm

A beautiful gorge filled with streams and waterfalls.

This perfectly petite palace makes for a calm and cozy wintry retreat.

Ettal, Germany

Linderhof Palace

A small but immensely extravagant palace built by the "Night King."

Neuschwanstein Castle

Schwangau, Germany

Neuschwanstein Castle

The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”

MarienBrücke (Maria Bridge)

Schwangau, Germany

MarienBrücke (Maria Bridge)

A unique bridge with an equally unique view.

The Stilt Houses

Uhldingen-Mühlhofen, Germany

Pfahlbaumuseum Unteruhldingen (Lake Dwelling Museum)

This museum tells the story of lake dwellers from 4000 BC to 850 BC, replete with stilt houses and goats.

Freiburg Bächle

Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

Freiburg Bächle

These paved rills bring freshwater into Altstadt and could spell wedding bells for whoever stumbles into the waters.

Look, Ma, no Golden Arches.

Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

Martinstor McDonald's

Located in a heritage building, this Mickey D's is missing its Golden Arches.

Mound, crypt and statue

Berlin, Germany

Soviet Memorial (Sowjetisches Ehrenmal)

For patriotic Russians, this memorial honoring the Soviet soldiers who died liberating Berlin in 1945 is the most sacred location outside of Russia.

Entrance hall to the Karlshorst Museum.

Berlin, Germany

German-Russian Museum

A museum in the building where Nazi Germany signed its surrender tells the story of World War II from the Soviet perspective.

Interior, from the northeast corner.

Berlin, Germany

Neue Wache

A poignant memorial that traces two hundred years of German history.

Coins from all over the world are represented here.

Berlin, Germany

Berlin Coin Cabinet

One of the largest numismatic collections in Europe fell victim to a huge theft.

Pergamon Museum

Berlin, Germany

Pergamon Museum

The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.

The Berlin Victory Column.

Berlin, Germany

Berlin Victory Column

A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.

The Bebelplatz.

Berlin, Germany

The Bebelplatz

The site of the famous Nazi book burning campaign of 1933 remembers its "Night of Shame".

Friedrichstraße station in Berlin.

Berlin, Germany

Berlin-Friedrichstrasse Railway Station

Cold war icon and onetime "hole" in the iron curtain.

Soviet Graffiti in the Reichstag

Berlin, Germany

Soviet Graffiti in the Reichstag

The walls of Germany's Parliament still show the scars of the Red Army takeover in World War II.

Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe

Berlin, Germany

Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

Last Checkpoint Charlie guard hut in use.

Berlin, Germany

Alliierten Museum

This museum is home to a sugar sculpture of the Berlin Airlift Memorial.

Grave of Frederick the Great

Potsdam, Germany

Grave of the Potato King

If you visit the burial place of King Frederick the Great, you'll likely find a couple of potatoes sitting on his tombstone.

Details from the garden façade

Potsdam, Germany

Sanssouci Palace

The "Prussian Versailles" that is as glorious today as when it was built.

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