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A top-secret bunker now turned museum, is an eerie look at what life would have looked like in the event of nuclear war.

Small museum dedicated to one of the founding fathers of modern astronautics.

WWII rocket launchpad in rural Germany and site of operation backfire.

Nestled within a German forest is an intriguing, growing rock.

One of the only spherical 19th century gas containers left today.

A crumbling bakery where forced laborers from the nearby concentration camp toiled to feed their fellow prisoners and Nazi soldiers.

This strategic isle was once swapped between empires and almost entirely destroyed in a bomb explosion.

Germany's last remaining Lenin statue has become a lightning rod of debate about the country's divided past.

A series of haunting wooden totems are hidden in the woods surrounding a German environmental center.

The body of at least one victim of a construction accident was left behind in the collapsed pylon, buried under tons of concrete.

The oldest trees in Northern Germany.

A graveyard and memorial chapel for victims of leprosy.

This giant, 83-year-old ship elevator is an engineering feat to behold.

A serious museum dedicated to two German comedians.

Medieval ruins on a tiny island amid a flooded lake offer romantic respite to lovers seeking privacy.

The atomic museum in the basement of this German castle displays long strands of replica uranium cubes.

An officers prison camp believed to be impregnable by the Germans saw over 30 successful escapes.

Germany has its very own Centralia, whose spark remains attributed to "spontaneous combustion."

The mass grave of the 27 victims of the "Vampire of Hanover."

These jeweled relics have a scandalous and contested past.

This German "living museum" is maybe a bit too immersive.

This historic toy museum brings a little whimsy to a city not usually remembered for such things.

The name doubles as an appropriate adjective for this small ossuary.

From Nazi chemicals to the CIA, this architectural marvel has played a fascinating role in German history.