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A newly decorated Gänseliesel

Göttingen, Germany

Gänseliesel

The Goose Girl of Göttingen, Germany might well be the most kissed girl in the world.

The 13th-century fortress tower with houses from 1672 (No. 47-51).

Lübeck, Germany

Half Tower

A tilted half-timbered house from 1672 is built into a salvaged segment of a medieval wall.

Senfmuseum (Mustard Museum)
Permanently Closed

Cologne, Germany

Senfmuseum (Mustard Museum)

This small condiment museum makes all manner of mustards with a 200-year-old mill.

Goseck Circle.

Goseck, Germany

Goseck Circle

A Neolithic celestial calendar standing in a nondescript wheat field.

Source: http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Datei:Riesenfass_20080516.jpg&filetimestamp=20080519123925

Bad Dürkheim, Germany

Dürkheim Giant Wine Barrel

World's largest barrel containing an inn.

Burg Drachenfels seen from Mehlem.

Königswinter, Germany

Burg Drachenfels

A ruined castle stands atop a hill surrounded by dragon lore.

The quirky Einstein fountain.

Ulm, Germany

Einstein Fountain

Albert Einstein's head sticks out of a snail shell stacked on a rocket in this truly bizarre monument to the scientist.

Niederegger Marzipan Museum

Lübeck, Germany

Niederegger Marzipan Museum

Twelve sweet, nutty, life-sized statues are housed in this second-story shrine to almond paste.

Listening to the Future
Permanently Closed

Cologne, Germany

Listening to the Future

Residing along a busy thoroughfare, this sculpture urges passersby to consider the future.

Bernd das Brot.

Erfurt, Germany

Kika Figures of Erfurt

Beloved children's TV characters freckle the German city's streets.

The unfinished TV Tower Berlin-Müggelberge. (Wikimedia Commons)

Berlin, Germany

Fernsehturm Müggelberge

This TV tower once secretly housed a GDR intelligence team.

Sankt Sakrament church in Düsseldorf

Dusseldorf, Germany

Sankt Sakrament Düsseldorf

This concrete church spent a period of its history as a World War II bunker.

Düsseldorf-Rheinholz Rhine Powerline Crossing, under the legs of the right pylon the railway link to Holthausen substation runs
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Dusseldorf, Germany

Düsseldorf-Reisholz Rhine Powerline Crossing

An electrical pylon under whose legs a normal gauge train can run.

Duravit Design Center

Hornberg, Germany

Duravit Design Center

A unique showroom for bathroom fixtures featuring a giant toilet observation deck.

Platform 17 Memorial

Berlin, Germany

Platform 17 Memorial

This platform is now a memorial dedicated to those who were deported during the Holocaust.

The Gardener and Vintner Museum

Bamberg, Germany

The Gardener and Vintner Museum

A local museum honors the history of Bamberg’s unique cultural heritage: growing crops in the heart of the city.

Wiesbaden Kurhaus Spielbank

Wiesbaden, Germany

Wiesbaden Kurhaus Spielbank

A historic casino where Dostoyevsky is said to have lost it all on a single spin of the roulette wheel.

Neckarwestheim Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 1.

Gemmrigheim, Germany

GKN Neckarwestheim, Unit 1

Home of the largest single-phase AC generator in the world.

Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic

Kandy, Sri Lanka

Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic

This elaborate temple was built around one of the Buddha's teeth.

Detail of the cannon-shaped cranes.

Hong Kong

HSBC Building Feng Shui Cannons

Two cannon-like cranes were installed on top of the bank building to fend off bad feng shui.

Albert Bridge

London, England

The Albert Bridge

Chelsea's soldiers were given strict orders when crossing this historic bridge.

Necròpolis Son Real

Santa Margalida, Spain

Necropolis of Son Real

The largest prehistoric cemetery on the Balearic Islands dates back over 2,500 years.

Puente de las Siete Bocas

Llucmajor, Spain

Puente de las Siete Bocas

This spectacular bridge is part of an abandoned train line that once connected Mallorcan capital to the southeastern coast.

Views from the bridge.

Los Angeles, California

River Under the First Bridge

An iconic location along the Los Angeles River where countless movie scenes are filmed.

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