Hamburg, Germany
Blankenese Shipwrecks
Remnants of an exploded schooner and wrecked submarines form a breakwater.
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Hamburg, Germany
Remnants of an exploded schooner and wrecked submarines form a breakwater.
Nuremberg, Germany
This lurid German fountain plots the sad course of marriage from dating to death.
Augsburg, Germany
In this truly magical place, rent hasn't been raised since the year 1520.
Wonsees, Germany
These 18th century gardens tell a rocky story of the son of Odysseus.
Essen, Germany
The Bauhaus-style former industrial complex is considered the world's most beautiful coal mine.
Dusseldorf, Germany
Twisted buildings adorn the banks of the Rhine river.
Munich, Germany
A stairway to heaven, or to nowhere at all.
Kirnitzschtal, Germany
A small man-controlled waterfall powers an Art Nouveau elevator and is accessed via narrow gauge, solar-powered tramway.
Berchtesgaden, Germany
Dress up like a miner and take a slide into the disco-lit depths of this once foundational salt mine.
Brunswick, Germany
Bursting forth from a historic German neighborhood, these day-glo palaces are now a bright fixture in the town.
Zinnowitz, Germany
An elevator into the Baltic Sea.
Völklingen, Germany
A former ironworks that was the first UNESCO industrial site.
Nuremberg, Germany
A castle from the Holy Roman Empire that hosts traveling youth... in its stables.
Oberhausen, Germany
An industrial relic is now one of Europe's most staggering art spaces.
Duisburg, Germany
This former steel and coal plant is now a neon-lit industrial fantasia.
Halbe, Germany
It's always summer at the beach inside this former airship hangar.
Friedrichshafen, Germany
Enter the cabin of a life-sized Hindenburg replica.
Berlin, Germany
Come stay at a live-in art installation.
Munich, Germany
Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.
Duisburg, Germany
No need to strap in for a “ride” on this walkable roller coaster.
Berlin, Germany
Art and a pun, all in one.
Wuppertal, Germany
This "floating railway" is one of the world's oldest monorail systems.
Lübben, Germany
Explore the complex ecology of this multifaceted nature preserve by riverboat.
Büren, Germany
This unique Renaissance castle was turned into a home for Nazi occultism.