Schwerin, Germany
Schwerin Lenin
Germany's last remaining Lenin statue has become a lightning rod of debate about the country's divided past.
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Schwerin, Germany
Germany's last remaining Lenin statue has become a lightning rod of debate about the country's divided past.
Sinsheim, Germany
It has an American Dream Car exhibit, Europe's largest Formula One collection, and many, many mannequins.
Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany
A top-secret bunker now turned museum, is an eerie look at what life would have looked like in the event of nuclear war.
Detmold, Germany
This proud Teutonic warrior rises out of a German forest heralding a victory and measuring lightning.
Wiesbaden, Germany
The final resting place of the famed German pilot, the "Red Baron."
Munich, Germany
The telescope that discovered Neptune.
Leipzig, Germany
This small exhibition displays equipment and artifacts once belonging to the feared Stasi secret police.
Laboe, Germany
This monument to those fallen in the World Wars is accompanied by a U-boat that Germany bought for a Deutsche Mark.
Haigerloch, Germany
The atomic museum in the basement of this German castle displays long strands of replica uranium cubes.
Freiberg, Germany
A Saxony castle houses one of the largest and most outstanding mineral collections in the world.
Bremerhaven, Germany
The only remaining U-boat that is still floating never actually saw any action in World War II.
Frauenwald, Germany
This German "living museum" is maybe a bit too immersive.
Frankfurt, Germany
The sweet story of how American cargo planes became known as "Candy Bombers" during the Berlin Blockade.
Eisenach, Germany
The castle where Martin Luther secretly translated the New Testament from Greek to German while in hiding.
Laußig, Germany
This East German military command bunker was ready for World War III.
Munich, Germany
A small square plaque marks a failed assassination attempt that could have changed history.
Berlin, Germany
A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.
Darmstadt, Germany
A former Nazi lookout tower with a magnificent view of the Rhineland.
Berlin, Germany
A towering monument to war, located on a beautifully peaceful hill.
Trier, Germany
The birthplace of Karl Marx is now a museum dedicated to the communist revolutionary's life and work.
Berlin, Germany
After a nearly successful attempt on Hitler's life, the conspirators met their fate in the courtyard of this Berlin building.
Schleiden, Germany
This former Nazi castle was built as a school to train what would have been the future of the Third Reich.
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.
Trier, Germany
The last bastion of Roman presence north of the Alps looms over a German town.