Schönefeld, Germany
'Der Fall Daidalos und Ikaros' ('The Case of Daedalus and Icarus')
This curious sculpture represents the perseverance needed to take to the skies.
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Schönefeld, Germany
This curious sculpture represents the perseverance needed to take to the skies.
Thale, Germany
This enchanting mountain plateau celebrates spooky local folklore.
Bad Schussenried, Germany
This Rococo church is known as the most beautiful village church in the world, and does not disappoint.
Cologne, Germany
An elegant chandelier hangs over this ancient sewer chamber, now open for concerts and public tours.
Dresden, Germany
This Dresden church was purposely rebuilt Protestant after being demolished in World War II.
Kassel, Germany
This German museum is devoted to all aspects of grave culture from headstones to coffins.
Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany
Horrifically creative torture devices and shame punishments line the walls of this chilling museum.
Hanover, Germany
Striking occult iconography on a medieval German church.
Cham, Germany
In 1830, cemetery workers in Cham unearthed a chamber housing thousands of skeletal remains from the 13th century, which can still be viewed today.
Bonn, Germany
Thousands of flowers create enchanting pink tunnels over the city streets.
Blankenburg (Harz), Germany
A strange rock formation with numerous legends trying to explain it.
Sasbachwalden, Germany
You haven’t properly toured a winery until you’ve slept in an actual wine barrel.
Potsdam, Germany
The "Prussian Versailles" that is as glorious today as when it was built.
Munich, Germany
Housed in an old church, this hunting museum holds a collection of mythical bird-rabbit creatures.
Metten, Germany
This 8th-century Bavarian monastery is home to an exquisite Baroque-era library.
Berlin, Germany
Residents of Berlin take their coffee and cake in one of the city’s most restful spaces: a cemetery.
Berlin, Germany
The final resting place of many of Germany's most famous communists.
Nuremberg, Germany
A castle from the Holy Roman Empire that hosts traveling youth... in its stables.
Duisburg, Germany
This former steel and coal plant is now a neon-lit industrial fantasia.
Dresden, Germany
The largest treasure hoard in Europe is contained in a castle that was bombed out during World War II.
Oppenau, Germany
This ancient ruined monastery has been destroyed by fire so many times that it seems like God hates it.
Munich, Germany
A fearsome dragon clings to a corner of Munich's city hall.
Donaueschingen, Germany
The great Danube river starts here.
Uhldingen-Mühlhofen, Germany
This museum tells the story of lake dwellers from 4000 BC to 850 BC, replete with stilt houses and goats.