Heligoland, Germany
Heligoland
This strategic isle was once swapped between empires and almost entirely destroyed in a bomb explosion.
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Heligoland, Germany
This strategic isle was once swapped between empires and almost entirely destroyed in a bomb explosion.
Salzburg, Austria
At this exhibit on the world of poison, venomous animals steal the show.
Augsburg, Germany
This famed marionette theater and museum is bursting with imaginative string puppets.
Munich, Germany
A fearsome dragon clings to a corner of Munich's city hall.
Schrobenhausen, Germany
Behold, a collection dedicated to Germany's favorite vegetable.
Hamburg, Germany
Hamburg's first legal sex work is relegated to a gated street that still does not allow pedestrian women.
Sankt Goarshausen, Germany
A memorial for a young woman and her ghost, which are claimed to have caused countless deathly shipwrecks.
Bingen, Germany
The many—66 to be exact—faces of the German forest.
Bad Schussenried, Germany
This Rococo church is known as the most beautiful village church in the world, and does not disappoint.
Duisburg, Germany
The world's biggest pet store.
Furth im Wald, Germany
Each year, Germany's "City of Dragons" slays the world's largest walking robot.
Sierksdorf, Germany
A museum dedicated to the silliest fruit.
Kalkar, Germany
An amusement park on the grounds of an unused nuclear power plant, with a swing ride inside the cooling tower.
Chiemsee, Germany
Originally envisioned by King Ludwig II to rival Versailles, Herrenchiemsee's "New Palace" remains half-gilded for lack of funds.
Hamburg, Germany
A fascinating little museum dedicated to the thousands of chemical substances concealed in our food.
Passau, Germany
When a medieval fire claimed the original St. Stephen’s Cathedral, it sparked a pattern of unquenchable organ building.
Hamburg, Germany
Executed in 1401, Exhumed in 1878, Stolen in 2010.
Hamburg, Germany
Wax models of disease and deformity are on display at this German medical museum.
Berchtesgaden, Germany
Dress up like a miner and take a slide into the disco-lit depths of this once foundational salt mine.
Berlin, Germany
Puppet theater and museum holding a collection of more than 300.
Leipzig, Germany
This incredible stone temple is a monument to death, victory, and fantasy architecture.
Kassel, Germany
This German museum is devoted to all aspects of grave culture from headstones to coffins.
Barcelona, Spain
This Funeral Hearse Museum represents the finest in cadaver transportation.
Houston, Texas
Fantastic collection celebrating the final send-off.