Munich, Germany
Lady Bavaria
This massive statue is the personification of Bavaria and the first colossal statue of the modern period composed of bronze.
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Munich, Germany
This massive statue is the personification of Bavaria and the first colossal statue of the modern period composed of bronze.
Bremen, Germany
A spitting ode to a German serial killer.
Lautertal (Odenwald), Germany
This natural "sea of stones" was once used by the Romans as a quarry.
Wiesbaden, Germany
The final resting place of the famed German pilot, the "Red Baron."
Neustadt, Germany
The natural mummy of the less than chivalrous Knight Kahlbutz.
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
A stonemason's hilarious revenge came in the form of this peculiarly positioned gargoyle.
Berlin, Germany
The site where a plot to assassinate Hitler was planned—and its conspirators were executed—is now a powerful memorial to the German resistance during World War II.
Bremerhaven, Germany
The only remaining U-boat that is still floating never actually saw any action in World War II.
Berlin, Germany
This platform is now a memorial dedicated to those who were deported during the Holocaust.
Munich, Germany
The telescope that discovered Neptune.
Frankfurt, Germany
This German fountain of a legendary apple wine-loving drink thief will spit on you.
Lübeck, Germany
The bells remain in a shattered heap exactly as they fell when the church was bombed in World War II.
Koblenz, Germany
This fountain of a little boy that spits on passersby at erratic intervals is a town icon.
Frankfurt, Germany
Fantastic views and thousands of love locks.
Eisenach, Germany
The castle where Martin Luther secretly translated the New Testament from Greek to German while in hiding.
Colditz, Germany
An officers prison camp believed to be impregnable by the Germans saw over 30 successful escapes.
Munich, Germany
A giant snail sculpture looking longingly at the German traffic museum.
Koblenz, Germany
Every half hour the eye-rolling clock face sticks out its tongue to mock the good citizens of Koblenz.
Hamelin, Germany
The real life town from the Pied Piper of Hamelin has a mechanical puppet show that retells the famous story many times a day.
Aachen, Germany
This bakery and museum offers tours of the tastes and mythology of Aachen's signature spice biscuit—just don't ask for the recipe.
Regensburg, Germany
From Ancient Rome to WWII, Neupfarrplatz has over 2,000 years of history underneath its main square.
Blaubeuren, Germany
In this brilliant blue spring in Germany, legend has it that a sad mermaid learned to finally laugh.
Gommern, Germany
The resting place of 18th century German mummies.
Berlin, Germany
An imperial church bombed to ruins during WWII now stands as a jagged memorial.