Wunsiedel, Germany
Luisenburg Rock Labyrinth
Money made from smuggling sugar helped create this wondrous rock maze in honor of the Prussian Queen Louise.
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Wunsiedel, Germany
Money made from smuggling sugar helped create this wondrous rock maze in honor of the Prussian Queen Louise.
Idar-Oberstein, Germany
A tiny chapel clings to a precipice above Germany’s gemstone capital.
Sankt Andreasberg, Germany
Goethe's "Faust" was inspired by these rock formations known as the "Devil's Pulpit" and "Witches' Altar."
Brunswick, Germany
Bursting forth from a historic German neighborhood, these day-glo palaces are now a bright fixture in the town.
Bad Schussenried, Germany
This Rococo church is known as the most beautiful village church in the world, and does not disappoint.
Magdeburg, Germany
The architect of this fanciful complex called it an "oasis for humanity and nature in a sea of rational houses."
Hamburg, Germany
Executed in 1401, Exhumed in 1878, Stolen in 2010.
Berlin, Germany
A towering monument to war, located on a beautifully peaceful hill.
Berlin, Germany
An old tram depot transformed into a vintage car paradise.
Hildesheim, Germany
The world's oldest rose is so tough it survived being bombed in World War II.
Hamburg, Germany
Wax models of disease and deformity are on display at this German medical museum.
Munich, Germany
An abandoned train station in Munich constructed for the 1972 Olympic games.
Blankenburg (Harz), Germany
A strange rock formation with numerous legends trying to explain it.
Völklingen, Germany
A former ironworks that was the first UNESCO industrial site.
Nuremberg, Germany
This abandoned coliseum was intended to be a grand Nazi rallying ground before it was halted at the end of the war.
Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany
Horrifically creative torture devices and shame punishments line the walls of this chilling museum.
Nienhagen, Germany
Twisted trees shaped by coastal winds make this woodland look like something from a spooky story.
Schipkau, Germany
The industrial monstrosity known as Bagger 258 is a colossal mining machine built in the DDR - but now left for dead in a German field.
Munich, Germany
One man's personal kunstkammer, museum and shop.
Metten, Germany
This 8th-century Bavarian monastery is home to an exquisite Baroque-era library.
Bernkastel-Kues, Germany
This 600-year-old home seems to defy physics.
Berlin, Germany
This water-tower-turned-high-end-apartment building was once the site of an early Nazi concentration camp.
Darmstadt, Germany
A German apartment building hosting as many trees as human occupants.
Hamburg, Germany
Remnants of an exploded schooner and wrecked submarines form a breakwater.