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A historic casino where Dostoyevsky is said to have lost it all on a single spin of the roulette wheel.

This ornate Weser Renaissance house was also the home of an infamous witch hunter.

Oberweissbacher Bergbahn - a broad-gauged cable car capable transfering railcars.

This small gallery nestled inside an old botanical glasshouse is a quiet place to enjoy art and nature.

This museum explores the history of the city's public transportation. Its collection includes the world's oldest preserved electric trolley car.

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

This rock resembling a turned-up boot has become the symbol of St. Ingbert.

Several of these strange cone-shaped bunkers can still be seen around the former Nazi headquarters.

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

Wooden pathways run through this rocky landscape, which legend says was created when a dwarven king pulled down his own castle to stop raiding giants.

Amöneburg is a town perched on top of a basalt mountain in the middle of an ancient meteor crater.

A statue of Vladimir Illyich Lenin guards this abandoned building in the "Forbidden City."

On high feast days, the entire blue-glass front of this modern church opens up to reveal the small wooden church inside.

Beer lovers thirsty for knowledge can now visit a museum devoted to the world's largest hop-growing region.

A man-made slag heap that you can "ski" down, and is home to the world sandboarding championships.

Tucked away in a small German apartment is an eclectic museum devoted to West African vodun culture.

A famed artist's inspiring work of peace and tolerance.

The highest cold-water geyser in the world.

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

The Suurhusen church tower in Germany leans over farther than the famous Leaning Tower of Pisa.

This decommissioned nuclear power plant offers tours of its Communist-era control room and reactor hall.

The oldest trees in Northern Germany.

Centuries of warfare, tragedy, executions, and poetry come together in this 13th-century fortress.

These tenacious 14th-century towers defied demolition and are now a fairytale vacation rental.