Potsdam, Germany
Alexandrowka
A quaint Russian village in the middle of a German metropolis.
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Potsdam, Germany
A quaint Russian village in the middle of a German metropolis.
Berlin, Germany
A monument to the man who almost killed Hitler.
Berlin, Germany
Known simply as "The Hand," this famous public sculpture in Berlin was featured in a Depeche Mode music video.
Bernkastel-Kues, Germany
This 600-year-old home seems to defy physics.
Heidelberg, Germany
This Nazi-built amphitheater was constructed on a sacred mountain site used by various German cults.
Dresden, Germany
A unique hanging cable-car navigates through Dresden, the oldest suspension railway in the world.
Oppenheim, Germany
This German bone house contains the remains of some 20,000 souls.
Berlin, Germany
A museum in the building where Nazi Germany signed its surrender tells the story of World War II from the Soviet perspective.
Zinnowitz, Germany
An elevator into the Baltic Sea.
Beelitz, Germany
Terrifying derelict military hospital once housed a recuperating Hitler.
Berlin, Germany
When German-Iraqi relations broke down, this embassy was vacated post haste.
Auerstedt, Germany
Living trees form the structure of an open-air palace.
Berlin, Germany
At one of Berlin’s oldest churches, visitors can place mosaic tiles to help restore a medieval mural.
Erfurt, Germany
This historic stone bridge has an entire neighborhood clinging to its sides.
Duisburg, Germany
No need to strap in for a “ride” on this walkable roller coaster.
Berlin, Germany
The last remnants of a massive medieval wall that once encompassed the city of Berlin.
Binz, Germany
A long spiraling walkway winds through the woods, and around a copper beech tree at the center.
Berlin, Germany
This conical hill was built as a testing ground for an engineer known as the Glider King.
Berlin, Germany
Berlin's old airport.
Berlin, Germany
These former Nazi anti-aircraft towers offer a singular view of the north of Berlin in the summer, and a sanctuary for bats in winter.
Berchtesgaden, Germany
Soaring over 6,000 feet in the Bavarian Alps, this beer garden was once Hitler's 50th birthday present.
Berlin, Germany
The walls of Germany's Parliament still show the scars of the Red Army takeover in World War II.
Wuppertal, Germany
This "floating railway" is one of the world's oldest monorail systems.
Berlin, Germany
A 12th-century fortress containing some of Berlin's oldest buildings.