Herzberg am Harz, Germany
Unicorn Cave
What was once thought to be a wellspring of unicorn bones is actually just a prehistoric burial site.
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Herzberg am Harz, Germany
What was once thought to be a wellspring of unicorn bones is actually just a prehistoric burial site.
Bernkastel-Kues, Germany
This 600-year-old home seems to defy physics.
Schonach im Schwarzwald, Germany
A Black Forest cuckoo clock theme park features one timepiece big enough to walk inside.
Dresden, Germany
A unique hanging cable-car navigates through Dresden, the oldest suspension railway in the world.
Oppenheim, Germany
This German bone house contains the remains of some 20,000 souls.
Dachau, Germany
The prototype for all Nazi concentration camps.
Zinnowitz, Germany
An elevator into the Baltic Sea.
Hamburg, Germany
Once the tallest building in the world, this abandoned church is now a monument to the destruction of WWII.
Wonsees, Germany
These 18th century gardens tell a rocky story of the son of Odysseus.
Berlin, Germany
When German-Iraqi relations broke down, this embassy was vacated post haste.
Auerstedt, Germany
Living trees form the structure of an open-air palace.
Berlin, Germany
Named after a militant urban guerilla, this famous former squat is a graffiti-covered stronghold of leftist culture.
Duisburg, Germany
No need to strap in for a “ride” on this walkable roller coaster.
Erfurt, Germany
This historic stone bridge has an entire neighborhood clinging to its sides.
Berlin, Germany
One of downtown Berlin's last reminders of its Communist past.
Berlin, Germany
At one of Berlin’s oldest churches, visitors can place mosaic tiles to help restore a medieval mural.
Horn-Bad Meinberg, Germany
Between Neo-Pagans and Neo-Nazis, these strange rock formations have a curious cult following and a very strange history.
Munich, Germany
Among the ostentatious rococo ornamentation of this church, an image of death cuts the life-thread.
Berlin, Germany
The last remnants of a massive medieval wall that once encompassed the city of Berlin.
Munich, Germany
Golden cobblestones remember a time when this small alley was used to avoid having to give a Nazi salute.
Binz, Germany
A long spiraling walkway winds through the woods, and around a copper beech tree at the center.
Ettal, Germany
A small but immensely extravagant palace built by the "Night King."
Berlin, Germany
This conical hill was built as a testing ground for an engineer known as the Glider King.
Lemgo, Germany
An intricate and amazing house built by architect Karl Junker.