Siegen, Germany
Ziegenberg Gasometer
One of the only spherical 19th century gas containers left today.
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Siegen, Germany
One of the only spherical 19th century gas containers left today.
Wolnzach, Germany
Beer lovers thirsty for knowledge can now visit a museum devoted to the world's largest hop-growing region.
Wehringen, Germany
Hidden in the forest are the crumbling, graffiti-covered remains of the factory where most of Germany's explosives were produced during World War II.
Kassel, Germany
A two-inch thick solid brass rod that extends an astounding one kilometer straight into the earth.
Bad Dürkheim, Germany
World's largest barrel containing an inn.
Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany
These abandoned Cold War-era bunkers are now a designated refuge for endangered bat species.
Maulburg, Germany
Obscured within a ring of trees, this abandoned World War II relic hides on a German hillside.
Heligoland, Germany
This strategic isle was once swapped between empires and almost entirely destroyed in a bomb explosion.
Xanten, Germany
These tenacious 14th-century towers defied demolition and are now a fairytale vacation rental.
Lübeck, Germany
A tilted half-timbered house from 1672 is built into a salvaged segment of a medieval wall.
Bremen, Germany
Constructed by forced laborers, this submarine pen is now a museum and war memorial.
Laboe, Germany
This monument to those fallen in the World Wars is accompanied by a U-boat that Germany bought for a Deutsche Mark.
Mettlach, Germany
Now overgrown, these anti-tank barriers from World War II are sometimes called "dragon's teeth."
Darmstadt, Germany
1898 German railroad depot museum with working engines, steam train excursions, and hands-on displays.
Bad Doberan, Germany
A steam powered train that runs on city streets.
Stuttgart, Germany
Remnants of a cone-shaped Nazi bomb shelter.
Dusseldorf, Germany
This futuristic German television spire is actually the world's largest digital clock.
Schweindorf, Germany
Giant wind turbine with observation deck at the very top.
Hamburg, Germany
This dockworkers' lunch joint has been left leaning by a century of storm floods.
Oberwesel, Germany
Tiny castle in the middle of the Rhine made you pay to pass.
Bremen, Germany
Böttcherstraße's bells, extolling Nordic virtues and the great conquerors of the world.
Staufen im Breisgau, Germany
A geothermal energy project gone wrong is fracturing the city's picturesque architecture.
Lübeck, Germany
The bells remain in a shattered heap exactly as they fell when the church was bombed in World War II.
Bremen, Germany
The only microgravity tower in Europe can produce nine seconds of weightlessness.