Cádiz, Spain
Cádiz Phoenician Anthropoid Sarcophagi
The discovery of these rare, ancient artifacts led to the creation of a new museum.
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Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Cartagena, Spain
National Museum of Underwater Archeology
An impressive display of ships and artifacts from the ancient Mediterranean maritime trade.
Grainau, Germany
Höllentalklamm
A beautiful gorge filled with streams and waterfalls.
Cologne, Germany
Shrine of the Three Kings
The bones of the Biblical Magi traveled to Constantinople and Milan before landing in their current home inside an elaborate golden reliquary in the Cologne Cathedral.
Berlin, Germany
Gründer Geist
Keep your eyes out for this "ghost" and walking pun.
Waldeck, Germany
The Steeple in the Edersee
A century-long search for a church that was never there.
Neustadt, Germany
The Mummy of Knight Kahlbutz
The natural mummy of the less than chivalrous Knight Kahlbutz.
Garching bei München, Germany
Lego Very Large Telescope
A surprisingly detailed model of one of the most powerful telescopes in the world.
Lich, Germany
Heiliger Stein (Holy Stone)
A Neolithic burial site erected around 3000 BC.
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Grave of Caroline Walter
Flowers have mysteriously appeared on her effigy every day for the last 150 years.
Mettlach, Germany
Höckerlinie Westwall
Now overgrown, these anti-tank barriers from World War II are sometimes called "dragon's teeth."
Chiemsee, Germany
Herrenchiemsee Neues Schloss
Originally envisioned by King Ludwig II to rival Versailles, Herrenchiemsee's "New Palace" remains half-gilded for lack of funds.
Potsdam, Germany
Einsteinturm
Solar observatory doubles as a daring display of Expressionist architecture, much to Einstein's chagrin.
Flossenbürg, Germany
Flossenbürg Concentration Camp
A preserved Nazi labor camp now has a Holocaust museum on site and memorials to the thousands that died while imprisoned at the camp.
Wiesenthau, Germany
Walberla
An ancient pagan site swirling with legends in the foothills of Franconian Switzerland.
Darmstadt, Germany
The Vortex Garden
Crop circles inspired this whimsical garden in Germany.
Sögel, Germany
Sögel Tank Cemetery
There are two dozen tanks just sitting in an open field in Lower Saxony.
Templin, Germany
Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster Traffic Signs
The world's most delightful not-NOT-religion welcomes visitors to the town of Templin, just like its more stoic peers.
Hamburg, Germany
German Food Additives Museum
A fascinating little museum dedicated to the thousands of chemical substances concealed in our food.
Friedrichshafen, Germany
Zeppelin Museum
Enter the cabin of a life-sized Hindenburg replica.
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
WaldMenschen Sculpture Trail
A series of haunting wooden totems are hidden in the woods surrounding a German environmental center.
Worms, Germany
Jewish Cemetery in Worms
The oldest Jewish cemetery in Europe survived Hitler's Germany.
Dresden, Germany
Pillnitz Camellia
An engineering wonder at Pillnitz Castle protects a precious 230-year-old flowering shrub.
Oberweser, Germany
Mühlenplatz
The history of German architecture is explored across this fairy-scale mini-city.
