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Goethe's "Faust" was inspired by these rock formations known as the "Devil's Pulpit" and "Witches' Altar."

This enchanting mountain plateau celebrates spooky local folklore.

This contentious squat has stood through fire, violence, and government intervention as a hotbed of leftist protest.

Hamburgers are intensely proud of their tunnel beneath the river.

A former ironworks that was the first UNESCO industrial site.

An eerie ghost village hidden in the forests of the Eifel, frozen in a strange postwar limbo.

Germany's longest suspension rope bridge.

A rare cold-water geyser that bubbles to life every half hour.

This 600-year-old home seems to defy physics.

A tiny chapel clings to a precipice above Germany’s gemstone capital.

Now overgrown, these anti-tank barriers from World War II are sometimes called "dragon's teeth."

These exceptionally narrow openings between giant rocks will test your daring.

This Luxembourg cave is covered in cryptic looking marks left by mining activity.

In the heart of Luxembourg's "little Switzerland" weaves a breathtaking natural sandstone canyon with a mythological past.

This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.

A sprawling Baroque park with 300-year-old hydro-pneumatic waterworks.

Between Neo-Pagans and Neo-Nazis, these strange rock formations have a curious cult following and a very strange history.

Blending modern art with Baroque architecture, this wondrous mosaic grotto serves as the late artist's final creation.

A German artist built a home and garden filled with whimsical art pieces, like a massive, operational volcano.

A museum dedicated to the silliest fruit.

This ancient oak tree plays matchmaker for singles willing to branch out from the usual dating scene.

Graffiti-clad ruins of an abandoned 1980s industrial site with a toxic past are nestled among residential houses.

One of the last remaining railway viaducts equipped with a transporter ferry.

The only remaining U-boat that is still floating never actually saw any action in World War II.