Stuttgart, Germany
The Pig Museum
An old slaughterhouse now holds the largest collection of pig artifacts.
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Stuttgart, Germany
An old slaughterhouse now holds the largest collection of pig artifacts.
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
The stones of this formerly witch-obsessed castle were used to build a church.
Hamburg, Germany
Executed in 1401, Exhumed in 1878, Stolen in 2010.
Guben, Germany
The home of the morbid art of corpse plastination is open for visitors to view the fascinating, but stomach-churning process.
Uhldingen-Mühlhofen, Germany
This museum tells the story of lake dwellers from 4000 BC to 850 BC, replete with stilt houses and goats.
Gommern, Germany
The resting place of 18th century German mummies.
Berlin, Germany
Germany's Glienicke Bridge has a shady history of clandestine meetings, espionage, and spycraft.
Cham, Germany
In 1830, cemetery workers in Cham unearthed a chamber housing thousands of skeletal remains from the 13th century, which can still be viewed today.
Schleswig, Germany
Ample proof that watery ends make for well-preserved, millenia-old mummies.
Lübben, Germany
Explore the complex ecology of this multifaceted nature preserve by riverboat.
Berlin, Germany
From toys to kettles to scientific instruments, this German museum celebrates the beauty of 20th century design.
Erfurt, Germany
This historic stone bridge has an entire neighborhood clinging to its sides.
Wuppertal, Germany
This "floating railway" is one of the world's oldest monorail systems.
Staufen im Breisgau, Germany
A geothermal energy project gone wrong is fracturing the city's picturesque architecture.
Baltasound, Scotland
This Shetland Islands bus shelter may be small, but it squeezes in a couch, a desk, some art, and even an old telly.
Lerwick, Scotland
During this Shetland Islands celebration, hundreds of torch-carrying "guizers" lead a procession to burn a viking longboat.
Sandwick, Scotland
A remarkably well preserved tower dating all the way back to the Iron Age.
Caynton, England
This mysterious underground cave in Shropshire dates back to the 18th or 19th century.
Birmingham, England
This historic abandoned train station looks like a stop for ghost trains.
Cologne, Germany
A church filled with the bones of hundreds of virgins martyrs—or so they say.
Waldsassen, Germany
Skeletons dressed in extravagant 18th century royal costumes cavort in the aisles of this German basilica.
Neustadt an der Donau, Germany
The name doubles as an appropriate adjective for this small ossuary.
Flintsbach am Inn, Germany
A rare example of a German cemetery with traditional grave markers dating back several generations.
Ulm, Germany
A typical crusty old museum this isn't.