Giessen, Germany
Mathematikum
This peculiar museum offers hands-on interaction with seemingly intangible principles of mathematics.
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Giessen, Germany
This peculiar museum offers hands-on interaction with seemingly intangible principles of mathematics.
Goseck, Germany
A Neolithic celestial calendar standing in a nondescript wheat field.
Wiesbaden, Germany
This tremendous timepiece was once the largest cuckoo clock in the world.
Nuremberg, Germany
This strange sculpture depicts a giant nightmare hare crushing a man to death beneath its colossal bulk.
Rathen, Germany
This stone amphitheater was once part of Nazi Germany's plan to promote propaganda.
Bamberg, Germany
A beautiful collection of taxidermy birds and rare pomological wax models.
Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany
These abandoned Cold War-era bunkers are now a designated refuge for endangered bat species.
Bad Doberan, Germany
A steam powered train that runs on city streets.
Oberkotzau, Germany
Named after the German word for "a longingness to travel," this park brings together thousands of city and street signs from around the world.
Lautertal (Odenwald), Germany
This natural "sea of stones" was once used by the Romans as a quarry.
Schrobenhausen, Germany
Behold, a collection dedicated to Germany's favorite vegetable.
Berlin, Germany
A Syrian family keeps memories of their homeland alive at this sweet shop.
Bretten, Germany
One of the most well-known city festivals in the world.
Usterling, Germany
Nestled within a German forest is an intriguing, growing rock.
Lahnstein, Germany
Centuries of warfare, tragedy, executions, and poetry come together in this 13th-century fortress.
Bielefeld, Germany
According to a satirical conspiracy theory that persists today, this German city of 300,000 is a hoax invented by the CIA.
Wiesbaden, Germany
The final resting place of the famed German pilot, the "Red Baron."
Oberwesel, Germany
Tiny castle in the middle of the Rhine made you pay to pass.
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.
Dusseldorf, Germany
This futuristic German television spire is actually the world's largest digital clock.
Heidelberg, Germany
A preserved college lock-up that recalls a clubhouse approach to discipline.
Schwangau, Germany
A unique bridge with an equally unique view.
Amberg, Germany
This extremely narrow tenement boasts a maximum occupancy of just two.
Schwetzingen, Germany
This 18th-century folly is one of Europe's rare "garden mosques."