Munich, Germany
Georg Elser Plaque
A small square plaque marks a failed assassination attempt that could have changed history.
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Munich, Germany
A small square plaque marks a failed assassination attempt that could have changed history.
Netzschkau, Germany
The largest brick bridge in the world.
Nuremberg, Germany
This lurid German fountain plots the sad course of marriage from dating to death.
Munich, Germany
This magnificent museum claims to house the cranium of a disciple and the skull of a pope.
Gräfenhainichen, Germany
Retirement home for giant obsolete machines.
Heidelberg, Germany
A collection of artworks exclusively created by the mentally ill that was almost burned by Nazi culture police.
Bingen, Germany
The many—66 to be exact—faces of the German forest.
Lohheide, Germany
A Nazi concentration camp and Anne Frank's place of death.
Munich, Germany
King Ludwig I's collection of beautiful women.
Regensburg, Germany
This riverside restaurant has been serving customers since 1146.
Brunswick, Germany
Bursting forth from a historic German neighborhood, these day-glo palaces are now a bright fixture in the town.
Hamburg, Germany
Executed in 1401, Exhumed in 1878, Stolen in 2010.
Berlin, Germany
Taste freshly foraged yarrow and black locust blossoms at this ambitious cocktail bar.
Bad Schussenried, Germany
This Rococo church is known as the most beautiful village church in the world, and does not disappoint.
Schleswig, Germany
Ample proof that watery ends make for well-preserved, millenia-old mummies.
Hamburg, Germany
Model Trains and Much More in Hamburg.
Magdeburg, Germany
The architect of this fanciful complex called it an "oasis for humanity and nature in a sea of rational houses."
Quedlinburg, Germany
The medieval institution is home to the precious treasure stolen in World War II in one of the greatest art thefts of the 20th century.
Oberweser, Germany
The history of German architecture is explored across this fairy-scale mini-city.
Oranienburg, Germany
The site of a concentration camp where inmates were made to take part in one of the largest counterfeiting operations in history is now hauntingly empty.
Nienhagen, Germany
Twisted trees shaped by coastal winds make this woodland look like something from a spooky story.
Hamburg, Germany
Wax models of disease and deformity are on display at this German medical museum.
Augsburg, Germany
In this truly magical place, rent hasn't been raised since the year 1520.
Hildesheim, Germany
The world's oldest rose is so tough it survived being bombed in World War II.