Blankenburg (Harz), Germany
Teufelsmauer (The Devil's Wall)
A strange rock formation with numerous legends trying to explain it.
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Blankenburg (Harz), Germany
A strange rock formation with numerous legends trying to explain it.
Lübben, Germany
Explore the complex ecology of this multifaceted nature preserve by riverboat.
Lübbenau/Spreewald, Germany
A museum honoring Germany’s cucumber mecca offers a great dill of gherkin history.
Guben, Germany
The home of the morbid art of corpse plastination is open for visitors to view the fascinating, but stomach-churning process.
Saalfeld, Germany
"The most colorful grottoes of the world.
Zittau, Germany
This historic little railroad runs through some of the most beautiful scenery in Germany.
Dresden, Germany
A unique hanging cable-car navigates through Dresden, the oldest suspension railway in the world.
Leipzig, Germany
This incredible stone temple is a monument to death, victory, and fantasy architecture.
Leipzig, Germany
One of the most iconic neon ads of former East Germany.
Leipzig, Germany
This small exhibition displays equipment and artifacts once belonging to the feared Stasi secret police.
Lützen, Germany
A monument to the "father of modern warfare" Gustav II Adolf.
Gräfenhainichen, Germany
Retirement home for giant obsolete machines.
Dessau-Roßlau, Germany
The ruins of an abandoned crematorium haunt an eerie deserted German cemetery.
Neustadt, Germany
The natural mummy of the less than chivalrous Knight Kahlbutz.
Schwerin, Germany
Germany's last remaining Lenin statue has become a lightning rod of debate about the country's divided past.
Bad Schandau, Germany
An ornate century-old elevator still connects the two halves of Bad Schandau.
Chemnitz, Germany
One of the largest busts in the world celebrates the German city's erstwhile namesake.
Wierschem, Germany
This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.
Lohmen, Germany
Ruins of a German castle on top of a towering stone pillar.
Mühltal, Germany
The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.
Berlin, Germany
This futuristic German spa allows visitors to float in a pool of salt water while zoning out to underwater techno.
Völklingen, Germany
A former ironworks that was the first UNESCO industrial site.