Ohrdruf, Germany
The Living Fence
Made from trees and then abandoned, this fence is still growing along a path in Germany.
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Ohrdruf, Germany
Made from trees and then abandoned, this fence is still growing along a path in Germany.
Sögel, Germany
There are two dozen tanks just sitting in an open field in Lower Saxony.
Nentershausen, Germany
At this unusual park, domes, ladders, chairs, and more are made from trees.
Berlin, Germany
These former Nazi anti-aircraft towers offer a singular view of the north of Berlin in the summer, and a sanctuary for bats in winter.
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.
Netzschkau, Germany
The largest brick bridge in the world.
Trier, Germany
The last bastion of Roman presence north of the Alps looms over a German town.
Bad Schandau, Germany
An ornate century-old elevator still connects the two halves of Bad Schandau.
Rangsdorf, Germany
The ruined remains of the airport Claus von Stauffenberg departed in his failed attempt to kill Adolf Hitler.
Cologne, Germany
Thousands of tourists and residents in Cologne affix "love padlocks" on the Hohenzollernbrücke Bridge to symbolize their affections.
Nördlingen, Germany
A meteorite-bounded town in Bavaria.
Blankenburg (Harz), Germany
A strange rock formation with numerous legends trying to explain it.
Nuremberg, Germany
This abandoned coliseum was intended to be a grand Nazi rallying ground before it was halted at the end of the war.
Wuppertal, Germany
This painted Lego bridge is the product of over a century of locomotive history.
Wunsiedel, Germany
Money made from smuggling sugar helped create this wondrous rock maze in honor of the Prussian Queen Louise.
Völklingen, Germany
A former ironworks that was the first UNESCO industrial site.
Oberhausen, Germany
An industrial relic is now one of Europe's most staggering art spaces.
Uhldingen-Mühlhofen, Germany
This museum tells the story of lake dwellers from 4000 BC to 850 BC, replete with stilt houses and goats.
Hamburg, Germany
Remnants of an exploded schooner and wrecked submarines form a breakwater.
Nuremberg, Germany
A castle from the Holy Roman Empire that hosts traveling youth... in its stables.
Oppenau, Germany
This ancient ruined monastery has been destroyed by fire so many times that it seems like God hates it.
Bernkastel-Kues, Germany
This 600-year-old home seems to defy physics.
Dresden, Germany
A unique hanging cable-car navigates through Dresden, the oldest suspension railway in the world.
Binz, Germany
A long spiraling walkway winds through the woods, and around a copper beech tree at the center.