Worms, Germany
Jewish Cemetery in Worms
The oldest Jewish cemetery in Europe survived Hitler's Germany.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Dresden, Germany
Dresden Frauenkirche
This Dresden church was purposely rebuilt Protestant after being demolished in World War II.
Potsdam, Germany
Sanssouci Palace
The "Prussian Versailles" that is as glorious today as when it was built.
Kassel, Germany
Museum of Sepulchral Culture
This German museum is devoted to all aspects of grave culture from headstones to coffins.
Duisburg, Germany
Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord
This former steel and coal plant is now a neon-lit industrial fantasia.
Potsdam, Germany
Alexandrowka
A quaint Russian village in the middle of a German metropolis.
Oppenheim, Germany
Michaelskapelle Ossuary
This German bone house contains the remains of some 20,000 souls.
Schonach im Schwarzwald, Germany
World's Largest Cuckoo Clock
A Black Forest cuckoo clock theme park features one timepiece big enough to walk inside.
Berlin, Germany
Abandoned Iraqi Embassy
When German-Iraqi relations broke down, this embassy was vacated post haste.
Ettal, Germany
Linderhof Palace
A small but immensely extravagant palace built by the "Night King."
Berlin, Germany
Hohenzollern Crypt in the Berlin Cathedral
Beneath the impressive baroque cathedral that rises from the center of Berlin lies the largest collection of Prussian royals in the world.
Cologne, Germany
Church of St. Ursula
A church filled with the bones of hundreds of virgins martyrs—or so they say.
Wuppertal, Germany
Schwebebahn Wuppertal
This "floating railway" is one of the world's oldest monorail systems.
Waldsassen, Germany
The Skeletons of Waldsassen Basilica
Skeletons dressed in extravagant 18th century royal costumes cavort in the aisles of this German basilica.
Berlin, Germany
Teufelsberg
An abandoned NSA listening post on Berlin's "Devil's Mountain."
Berlin, Germany
Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.
Permanently Closed
Berlin, Germany
The Return of the Cows
Art and a pun, all in one.
Lohmen, Germany
The Bastei
Ruins of a German castle on top of a towering stone pillar.
Berlin, Germany
Pergamon Museum
The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.
Schwangau, Germany
Neuschwanstein Castle
The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”
Karlovy Vary, Czechia
Kaiserbad Spa
Before serving as James Bond's Casino Royale, this Victorian-era spa catered to the world's elite.
Permanently Closed
Prague, Czechia
Bohnický Hřbitov Cemetery (Cemetery of Fools)
An old asylum graveyard that's been abandoned for half a century attracts those seeking a dark thrill.
Doubice, Czechia
Doubice Wooden Sculptures and Tanks
This village in Bohemian Switzerland hosts more than 300 wood carvings inspired by fairytales, folklore, and other oddities, as well as a series of Communist-era tanks
Holubice, Czechia
Zapa Concrete Holubice
A concrete plant shaped like four giant soldiers commemorates one of the most decisive battles of the Napoleonic Wars.
