Munich, Germany
Schönheitengalerie (Gallery of Beauties)
King Ludwig I's collection of beautiful women.
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Munich, Germany
King Ludwig I's collection of beautiful women.
Schleswig, Germany
Ample proof that watery ends make for well-preserved, millenia-old mummies.
Oranienburg, Germany
The site of a concentration camp where inmates were made to take part in one of the largest counterfeiting operations in history is now hauntingly empty.
Quedlinburg, Germany
The medieval institution is home to the precious treasure stolen in World War II in one of the greatest art thefts of the 20th century.
Berlin, Germany
One of the oldest cemeteries in Germany was originally used for victims of a cholera epidemic.
Hamburg, Germany
Wax models of disease and deformity are on display at this German medical museum.
Sasbachwalden, Germany
You haven’t properly toured a winery until you’ve slept in an actual wine barrel.
Blankenburg (Harz), Germany
A strange rock formation with numerous legends trying to explain it.
Thale, Germany
This enchanting mountain plateau celebrates spooky local folklore.
Nienhagen, Germany
Twisted trees shaped by coastal winds make this woodland look like something from a spooky story.
Berlin, Germany
A brush maker used his factory to protect blind Jews from the Gestapo.
Oppenau, Germany
This ancient ruined monastery has been destroyed by fire so many times that it seems like God hates it.
Dresden, Germany
Slaughterhouse Five opens its dank doors to fans of Kurt Vonnegut.
Hamburg, Germany
Remnants of an exploded schooner and wrecked submarines form a breakwater.
Dachau, Germany
The prototype for all Nazi concentration camps.
Wonsees, Germany
These 18th century gardens tell a rocky story of the son of Odysseus.
Binz, Germany
A long spiraling walkway winds through the woods, and around a copper beech tree at the center.
Lemgo, Germany
An intricate and amazing house built by architect Karl Junker.
Saalfeld, Germany
"The most colorful grottoes of the world.
Waldsassen, Germany
Skeletons dressed in extravagant 18th century royal costumes cavort in the aisles of this German basilica.
Munich, Germany
A stairway to heaven, or to nowhere at all.
Lichtenstein, Germany
A striking 12th-century-style castle built on the edge of a cliff.
Berlin, Germany
The site of the famous Nazi book burning campaign of 1933 remembers its "Night of Shame".
Kassel, Germany
A sprawling Baroque park with 300-year-old hydro-pneumatic waterworks.