Wiesbaden, Germany
Nerobergbahn
A rare water-powered funicular, it uses a huge tank of water and gravity to do its work.
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Wiesbaden, Germany
A rare water-powered funicular, it uses a huge tank of water and gravity to do its work.
Colditz, Germany
An officers prison camp believed to be impregnable by the Germans saw over 30 successful escapes.
Landsberg am Lech, Germany
The prison where Hitler wrote "Mein Kampf," and 278 Nazis were later executed for war crimes.
Rottweil, Germany
Built to test magnetically levitated elevators, the tower also boasts Germany's highest visitor platform.
Blumberg, Germany
A historic steam train meanders along one of the most scenic rail routes in Germany's Black Forest.
Trier, Germany
The birthplace of Karl Marx is now a museum dedicated to the communist revolutionary's life and work.
Kassel, Germany
A modern museum dedicated to the fairytales and dictionary work of the Brothers Grimm.
Zittau, Germany
This historic little railroad runs through some of the most beautiful scenery in Germany.
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.
Cologne, Germany
The largest bell in the world has been swinging high above a Cologne cathedral for almost a century.
Ulm, Germany
The world's tallest church tower reveals a spectacular view to anyone up to the task of climbing the daunting staircase.
Stuttgart, Germany
This old wooden funicular railway leads to a cemetery in the forest.
Heidelberg, Germany
This historic funicular system combines the old with the new while offering delightful views over the surrounding valley.
Bad Schandau, Germany
An ornate century-old elevator still connects the two halves of Bad Schandau.
Netzschkau, Germany
The largest brick bridge in the world.
Gräfenhainichen, Germany
Retirement home for giant obsolete machines.
Friedrichshafen, Germany
Enter the cabin of a life-sized Hindenburg replica.
Lohheide, Germany
A Nazi concentration camp and Anne Frank's place of death.
Passau, Germany
When a medieval fire claimed the original St. Stephen’s Cathedral, it sparked a pattern of unquenchable organ building.
Idar-Oberstein, Germany
A tiny chapel clings to a precipice above Germany’s gemstone capital.
Bad Schussenried, Germany
This Rococo church is known as the most beautiful village church in the world, and does not disappoint.
Oranienburg, Germany
The site of a concentration camp where inmates were made to take part in one of the largest counterfeiting operations in history is now hauntingly empty.
Quedlinburg, Germany
The medieval institution is home to the precious treasure stolen in World War II in one of the greatest art thefts of the 20th century.
Berlin, Germany
An old tram depot transformed into a vintage car paradise.