Brunswick, Germany
Carl Friedrich Gauss Monument
This German monument honors the so-called "Prince of Mathematicians."
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Brunswick, Germany
This German monument honors the so-called "Prince of Mathematicians."
Koblenz, Germany
Every half hour the eye-rolling clock face sticks out its tongue to mock the good citizens of Koblenz.
Wernigerode, Germany
On the highest peak in the Harz Mountains, science and the occult faced off in a failed attempt to turn a goat into a boy.
Bingen, Germany
The many—66 to be exact—faces of the German forest.
Lich, Germany
A Neolithic burial site erected around 3000 BC.
Darmstadt, Germany
A former Nazi lookout tower with a magnificent view of the Rhineland.
Bad Schussenried, Germany
This Rococo church is known as the most beautiful village church in the world, and does not disappoint.
Cuxhaven, Germany
WWII rocket launchpad in rural Germany and site of operation backfire.
Trier, Germany
The birthplace of Karl Marx is now a museum dedicated to the communist revolutionary's life and work.
Sankt Goarshausen, Germany
A memorial for a young woman and her ghost, which are claimed to have caused countless deathly shipwrecks.
Blankenburg (Harz), Germany
A strange rock formation with numerous legends trying to explain it.
Darmstadt, Germany
1898 German railroad depot museum with working engines, steam train excursions, and hands-on displays.
Cologne, Germany
The largest bell in the world has been swinging high above a Cologne cathedral for almost a century.
Dessau-Roßlau, Germany
The ruins of an abandoned crematorium haunt an eerie deserted German cemetery.
Amberg, Germany
This extremely narrow tenement boasts a maximum occupancy of just two.
Bernkastel-Kues, Germany
This 600-year-old home seems to defy physics.
Schleiden, Germany
This former Nazi castle was built as a school to train what would have been the future of the Third Reich.
Munich, Germany
King Ludwig I's collection of beautiful women.
Dresden, Germany
In addition to fine dairy products, the world's most beautiful milk shop also offers a feast for the eyes.
Dresden, Germany
A unique hanging cable-car navigates through Dresden, the oldest suspension railway in the world.
Völklingen, Germany
A former ironworks that was the first UNESCO industrial site.
Königswinter, Germany
This temple to the sturm and drang of Richard Wagner contains a dragon's cave and reptile zoo full of living "dragons."
Berlin, Germany
Gardens representing parts of Asia, Europe, and the Mid East are tucked away among the Soviet-style buildings in East Berlin.
Donaueschingen, Germany
The great Danube river starts here.