Bremen, Germany
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Eight naturally mummified bodies in glass coffins are housed in an underground crypt.
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Bremen, Germany
Eight naturally mummified bodies in glass coffins are housed in an underground crypt.
Schleiden, Germany
This former Nazi castle was built as a school to train what would have been the future of the Third Reich.
Guben, Germany
The home of the morbid art of corpse plastination is open for visitors to view the fascinating, but stomach-churning process.
Bingen, Germany
The many—66 to be exact—faces of the German forest.
Hamburg, Germany
A wunderkammer of exoticism immortalized by Tom Waits.
Trier, Germany
The last bastion of Roman presence north of the Alps looms over a German town.
Leipzig, Germany
This incredible stone temple is a monument to death, victory, and fantasy architecture.
Schleswig, Germany
Ample proof that watery ends make for well-preserved, millenia-old mummies.
Hamburg, Germany
Wax models of disease and deformity are on display at this German medical museum.
Munich, Germany
Housed in an old church, this hunting museum holds a collection of mythical bird-rabbit creatures.
Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany
Horrifically creative torture devices and shame punishments line the walls of this chilling museum.
Völklingen, Germany
A former ironworks that was the first UNESCO industrial site.
Hanover, Germany
Striking occult iconography on a medieval German church.
Berlin, Germany
Berlin's oldest surviving academic architecture hosted decades of animal dissections.
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.
Lübben, Germany
Explore the complex ecology of this multifaceted nature preserve by riverboat.
Grünwald, Germany
This German version of Universal Studios holds a vault of treasures from the NeverEnding Story.
Beelitz, Germany
Terrifying derelict military hospital once housed a recuperating Hitler.
Munich, Germany
Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.
Berlin, Germany
Home to 10,000 medical specimens including the remains of Rudolf Virchow's extensive collection of pathological specimens.
Berlin, Germany
A tour of underground Berlin takes you through WWII air raid shelters and tunnels used to smuggle people out of East Germany.
San Biagio Platani, Italy
Every Easter, a small Sicilian town builds a stunning cathedral out of bread.
Rome, Italy
Ever hear of the Milazzo Cage?