Passau, Germany
Broken Glass Villa
Shimmering sea-colored mosaics and Jesus statues cover this opulent building.
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Passau, Germany
Shimmering sea-colored mosaics and Jesus statues cover this opulent building.
Essen, Germany
The Bauhaus-style former industrial complex is considered the world's most beautiful coal mine.
Heidelberg, Germany
Sitting in the basement of a castle, the largest wine barrel in the world is bigger than most apartments.
Schönefeld, Germany
This curious sculpture represents the perseverance needed to take to the skies.
Abensberg, Germany
A whimsical art tower at a Bavarian brewery includes a grotto for its mythical beer-brewing dwarves.
Halberstadt, Germany
Constantly maintained, this organ is playing a six-century long composition by John Cage.
Rottweil, Germany
Built to test magnetically levitated elevators, the tower also boasts Germany's highest visitor platform.
Zittau, Germany
This historic little railroad runs through some of the most beautiful scenery in Germany.
Flintsbach am Inn, Germany
A rare example of a German cemetery with traditional grave markers dating back several generations.
Nordstrand, Germany
A tiny island is connected to the mainland by a private railway that residents travel in their own personal wagons.
Bremen, Germany
Eight naturally mummified bodies in glass coffins are housed in an underground crypt.
Berlin, Germany
Visitors can explore the role of mysticism throughout the ages inside this interactive museum of magic.
Munich, Germany
This magnificent museum claims to house the cranium of a disciple and the skull of a pope.
Gommern, Germany
The resting place of 18th century German mummies.
Bingen, Germany
The many—66 to be exact—faces of the German forest.
Lübeck, Germany
A stunning two-story timepiece within a medieval Brick Gothic church.
Thale, Germany
This enchanting mountain plateau celebrates spooky local folklore.
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
The stones of this formerly witch-obsessed castle were used to build a church.
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.
Dingolfing, Germany
In a small churchyard in Dingolfing, Germany the quaint Schusterkapelle is there to remind you of your imminent mortality.
Nuremberg, Germany
This lurid German fountain plots the sad course of marriage from dating to death.
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.
Metten, Germany
This 8th-century Bavarian monastery is home to an exquisite Baroque-era library.