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The Spitting Boy

Koblenz, Germany

Schängelbrunnen

This fountain of a little boy that spits on passersby at erratic intervals is a town icon.

The Augenroller.

Koblenz, Germany

Augenroller (Eye Roller)

Every half hour the eye-rolling clock face sticks out its tongue to mock the good citizens of Koblenz.

Waldmops of Brandenburg

Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany

Waldmops of Brandenburg

Pugs with antlers are found all over the city as a homage to one of its most famous cartoonists.

Reich’s Burger King

Nuremberg, Germany

Reich’s Burger King

Burgers and fries in the shadow of a dreaded Nazi symbol.

The Ochsenportal

Nuremberg, Germany

Ochsenportal

An ornate sculpture of an ox in repose marks the former entrance to Nuremberg's medieval meat market, which was destroyed during World War II.

Aegidienkirche interior

Hanover, Germany

Aegidien Church War Memorial

After this historic church was destroyed by World War II bombing, its blackened shell was left standing as a monument.

collection of painted coffins

Kassel, Germany

Museum of Sepulchral Culture

This German museum is devoted to all aspects of grave culture from headstones to coffins.

The Wuppertal "kaiserwagen" which once carried the German Emperor.

Wuppertal, Germany

Schwebebahn Wuppertal

This "floating railway" is one of the world's oldest monorail systems.

A work by George Muller.

Heidelberg, Germany

The Prinzhorn Collection

A collection of artworks exclusively created by the mentally ill that was almost burned by Nazi culture police.

The cathedral is 110 meters (about 360 feet) from end to end.

Worms, Germany

Worms Cathedral

St. Peter’s, in Western Germany, has stood as a masterpiece of Romanesque architecture since 1181.

Apfelweibla

Bamberg, Germany

Apfelweibla

This brass doorknob is a nod to a local literary figure.

Some wet specimens in the cupboard

Halle (Saale), Germany

Francke Foundation Cabinet of Curiosities (Wunderkammer)

This is part of the Francke Foundation Museum, a curiosity cabinet filled with different scientific and natural wonders.

The cheese mite memorial in Würchwitz, Germany.

Zeitz, Germany

Cheese Mite Memorial

A simple tribute to the microscopic arachnid that gives its juices and its life to help make a speciality German cheese.

Anabaptist Cages

Münster, Germany

Anabaptist Cages

Cages that once displayed the bodies of executed leaders hang from a German church tower.

Rheinturm

Dusseldorf, Germany

Rheinturm

This futuristic German television spire is actually the world's largest digital clock.

Trolls of De Schorre Park

Boom, Belgium

Trolls of De Schorre Park

Take a leisurely walk through the park to find the seven giant troll sculptures hidden throughout the park.

Elfde Gebod

Antwerp, Belgium

Elfde Gebod

According to this bar, God gave an “11th commandment” to Antwerp: Thou shalt drink beer.

Platz der Grundrechte at Night

Karlsruhe, Germany

Platz der Grundrechte (Square of Fundamental Rights)

A thought-provoking outdoor art installation sits in the seat of German law.

Jewish Cemetery in Worms

Worms, Germany

Jewish Cemetery in Worms

The oldest Jewish cemetery in Europe survived Hitler's Germany.

Terra Mineralia

Freiberg, Germany

Terra Mineralia

A Saxony castle houses one of the largest and most outstanding mineral collections in the world.

Bielefeld Viaduct.

Bielefeld, Germany

Bielefeld Viaduct

This viaduct serves as a reminder of World War II.

Bells atop Böttcherstraße (Flickr/Eva Freude)

Bremen, Germany

House of the Glockenspiel

Böttcherstraße's bells, extolling Nordic virtues and the great conquerors of the world.

View of the entrance in 2017

Bremen, Germany

Der Lichtbringer (The Bearer of Light)

A stunning gilt bronze relief denounced by Hitler as "degenerate art"—even though it was dedicated to the Nazi leader.

The spit stone in Bremen.

Bremen, Germany

Spuckstein Gesche Gottfried

A spitting ode to a German serial killer.

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