Roggenburg, Germany
Roggenburg Leiberfest
Bring out your dead (saints that have been festooned and bejeweled, so that we can parade them around the town)!
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Roggenburg, Germany
Bring out your dead (saints that have been festooned and bejeweled, so that we can parade them around the town)!
Schramberg, Germany
Whimsical wash tubs row down the stream as part of this Carnival celebration.
Bad Dürkheim, Germany
World's largest barrel containing an inn.
Tübingen, Germany
One of the world's oldest fossil exhibits is on display in a beautiful antique "naturalienkabinett."
Böblingen, Germany
Sausages, schnitzel, and weiners.
Lübeck, Germany
Twelve sweet, nutty, life-sized statues are housed in this second-story shrine to almond paste.
Hettingen, Germany
Opulent period costumes and murals lead you on a journey through fashion history.
Augsburg, Germany
This famed marionette theater and museum is bursting with imaginative string puppets.
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
This medieval cathedral houses stained-glass windows featuring saints and pretzels.
Heidelberg, Germany
The jaw of one of humankind's earliest ancestors on display at an overlooked geology museum.
Tübingen, Germany
This giant statue of a vulva became internationally famous after an American exchange student got stuck in it.
Lahnstein, Germany
Centuries of warfare, tragedy, executions, and poetry come together in this 13th-century fortress.
Nuremberg, Germany
This strange sculpture depicts a giant nightmare hare crushing a man to death beneath its colossal bulk.
Hinte, Germany
The Suurhusen church tower in Germany leans over farther than the famous Leaning Tower of Pisa.
Dresden, Germany
Over 12,000 hygiene oriented objects and exhibits.
Xanten, Germany
These tenacious 14th-century towers defied demolition and are now a fairytale vacation rental.
Schwangau, Germany
A unique bridge with an equally unique view.
Göttingen, Germany
The Goose Girl of Göttingen, Germany might well be the most kissed girl in the world.
Neustadt am Kulm, Germany
A tiny basalt mountain with an observation tower overlooking the beautiful Bavarian countryside.
Munich, Germany
German-style coffee and cake, just like Oma used to make it.
Lübeck, Germany
A tilted half-timbered house from 1672 is built into a salvaged segment of a medieval wall.
Altenburg, Germany
This natural history museum houses one of the world's largest rat kings, a terrifying jumble of tangled rodents.
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.
Wiesbaden, Germany
The final resting place of the famed German pilot, the "Red Baron."