Waldeck, Germany
The Drowned Convent and Village of Berich
As lake waters recede, a German village reemerges after more than a hundred years.
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Waldeck, Germany
As lake waters recede, a German village reemerges after more than a hundred years.
Trier, Germany
The last bastion of Roman presence north of the Alps looms over a German town.
Cologne, Germany
An elegant chandelier hangs over this ancient sewer chamber, now open for concerts and public tours.
Berlin, Germany
This water-tower-turned-high-end-apartment building was once the site of an early Nazi concentration camp.
Nuremberg, Germany
This lurid German fountain plots the sad course of marriage from dating to death.
Dingolfing, Germany
In a small churchyard in Dingolfing, Germany the quaint Schusterkapelle is there to remind you of your imminent mortality.
Kalkar, Germany
An amusement park on the grounds of an unused nuclear power plant, with a swing ride inside the cooling tower.
Berlin, Germany
Germany's Glienicke Bridge has a shady history of clandestine meetings, espionage, and spycraft.
Dusseldorf, Germany
Twisted buildings adorn the banks of the Rhine river.
Hamburg, Germany
A fascinating little museum dedicated to the thousands of chemical substances concealed in our food.
Hamburg, Germany
Remnants of an exploded schooner and wrecked submarines form a breakwater.
Kirnitzschtal, Germany
A small man-controlled waterfall powers an Art Nouveau elevator and is accessed via narrow gauge, solar-powered tramway.
Wuppertal, Germany
This painted Lego bridge is the product of over a century of locomotive history.
Bernkastel-Kues, Germany
This 600-year-old home seems to defy physics.
Potsdam, Germany
A quaint Russian village in the middle of a German metropolis.
Magdeburg, Germany
The architect of this fanciful complex called it an "oasis for humanity and nature in a sea of rational houses."
Amberg, Germany
This extremely narrow tenement boasts a maximum occupancy of just two.
Hamburg, Germany
Executed in 1401, Exhumed in 1878, Stolen in 2010.
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.
Heidelberg, Germany
A collection of artworks exclusively created by the mentally ill that was almost burned by Nazi culture police.
Templin, Germany
The world's most delightful not-NOT-religion welcomes visitors to the town of Templin, just like its more stoic peers.
Hamburg, Germany
Wax models of disease and deformity are on display at this German medical museum.
Schleiden, Germany
This former Nazi castle was built as a school to train what would have been the future of the Third Reich.
Nördlingen, Germany
A meteorite-bounded town in Bavaria.