Oberweser, Germany
Mühlenplatz
The history of German architecture is explored across this fairy-scale mini-city.
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Frankfurt, Germany
Pinkelbaum (Peeing Tree)
After years of being casually peed on by humans, this tree is peeing back.
Gräfenhainichen, Germany
Ferropolis
Retirement home for giant obsolete machines.
Völklingen, Germany
Volklinger Ironworks
A former ironworks that was the first UNESCO industrial site.
Munich, Germany
Deutsches Jagd und Fischereimuseum (German Museum of Hunting and Fishing)
Housed in an old church, this hunting museum holds a collection of mythical bird-rabbit creatures.
Berlin, Germany
Dahlem-Dorf U-Bahn Station Benches
A traditional U-Bahn station in Berlin gets a string of rather untraditional benches.
Berlin, Germany
Denkzeichen Georg Elser
A monument to the man who almost killed Hitler.
Augsburg, Germany
Fuggerei
In this truly magical place, rent hasn't been raised since the year 1520.
Oppenau, Germany
Kloster Allerheiligen
This ancient ruined monastery has been destroyed by fire so many times that it seems like God hates it.
Hamburg, Germany
Blankenese Shipwrecks
Remnants of an exploded schooner and wrecked submarines form a breakwater.
Berlin, Germany
Kaninchenfeld (Rabbit Field)
These brass bunnies honor the rabbits that dominated the no-man's-land around the Berlin Wall.
Potsdam, Germany
Alexandrowka
A quaint Russian village in the middle of a German metropolis.
Dresden, Germany
Schwebebahn Dresden
A unique hanging cable-car navigates through Dresden, the oldest suspension railway in the world.
Darmstadt, Germany
Waldspirale
A German apartment building hosting as many trees as human occupants.
Berlin, Germany
Hansa Studios
From Iggy Pop to David Bowie to Nick Cave, this regal music studio has served some of the all time greats.
Hamburg, Germany
St. Nicholas' Church
Once the tallest building in the world, this abandoned church is now a monument to the destruction of WWII.
Berlin, Germany
Georg-von-Rauch-Haus
Named after a militant urban guerilla, this famous former squat is a graffiti-covered stronghold of leftist culture.
Schonach im Schwarzwald, Germany
World's Largest Cuckoo Clock
A Black Forest cuckoo clock theme park features one timepiece big enough to walk inside.
Heidelberg, Germany
Heidelberg Thingstatte
This Nazi-built amphitheater was constructed on a sacred mountain site used by various German cults.
Berlin, Germany
Abandoned Iraqi Embassy
When German-Iraqi relations broke down, this embassy was vacated post haste.
Munich, Germany
Viscardigasse
Golden cobblestones remember a time when this small alley was used to avoid having to give a Nazi salute.
Herzberg am Harz, Germany
Unicorn Cave
What was once thought to be a wellspring of unicorn bones is actually just a prehistoric burial site.
Büren, Germany
Castle of Wewelsburg
This unique Renaissance castle was turned into a home for Nazi occultism.
Berlin, Germany
Soviet Graffiti in the Reichstag
The walls of Germany's Parliament still show the scars of the Red Army takeover in World War II.
