Salzburg, Austria
Almkanal of Salzburg
The medieval network of canals hidden underneath the city is opened to explorers each year.
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Salzburg, Austria
The medieval network of canals hidden underneath the city is opened to explorers each year.
Boston, Massachusetts
An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.
Halle (Saale), Germany
The monument honors the first (and for a long time, only) African-born philosopher to teach at a German university.
Beelitz, Germany
Terrifying derelict military hospital once housed a recuperating Hitler.
Munich, Germany
Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.
Munich, Germany
The footprint of a frustrated devil in Munich's Cathedral.
Bremen, Germany
Böttcherstraße's bells, extolling Nordic virtues and the great conquerors of the world.
Saalfeld, Germany
"The most colorful grottoes of the world.
Dresden, Germany
To the great disappointment of doomsdayers, this codex merely contains records of the Moon and Venus.
Schleswig, Germany
Ample proof that watery ends make for well-preserved, millenia-old mummies.
Sankt Andreasberg, Germany
Goethe's "Faust" was inspired by these rock formations known as the "Devil's Pulpit" and "Witches' Altar."
Oppenau, Germany
This ancient ruined monastery has been destroyed by fire so many times that it seems like God hates it.
Mindelheim, Germany
Held in an old church, this clockwork museum maintains a special focus on titanic tower timepieces.
Oppenheim, Germany
This German bone house contains the remains of some 20,000 souls.
Rott am Inn, Germany
These jeweled relics have a scandalous and contested past.
Munich, Germany
This magnificent museum claims to house the cranium of a disciple and the skull of a pope.
Landsberg am Lech, Germany
A graveyard and memorial chapel for victims of leprosy.
Dingolfing, Germany
In a small churchyard in Dingolfing, Germany the quaint Schusterkapelle is there to remind you of your imminent mortality.
Cham, Germany
In 1830, cemetery workers in Cham unearthed a chamber housing thousands of skeletal remains from the 13th century, which can still be viewed today.
Neustadt an der Donau, Germany
The name doubles as an appropriate adjective for this small ossuary.
Lichtenstein, Germany
A striking 12th-century-style castle built on the edge of a cliff.
Magdeburg, Germany
The architect of this fanciful complex called it an "oasis for humanity and nature in a sea of rational houses."
Lübeck, Germany
A statue honors the local legend that the devil helped build St. Mary's church after being tricked into thinking it was going to be a wine bar.
Jülich, Germany
A medieval gate once used as a prison and how home to a city museum.