Hamburg, Germany
Impaled Skull of Klaus Stortebeker
Executed in 1401, Exhumed in 1878, Stolen in 2010.
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Hamburg, Germany
Executed in 1401, Exhumed in 1878, Stolen in 2010.
Hamburg, Germany
Hamburgers are intensely proud of their tunnel beneath the river.
Feucht, Germany
Small museum dedicated to one of the founding fathers of modern astronautics.
Nuremberg, Germany
Nestled on the banks of a river in Nuremberg is a small museum that was once home of the city's official executioner.
Nuremberg, Germany
This historic toy museum brings a little whimsy to a city not usually remembered for such things.
Nuremberg, Germany
This lurid German fountain plots the sad course of marriage from dating to death.
Nuremberg, Germany
A castle from the Holy Roman Empire that hosts traveling youth... in its stables.
Frankfurt, Germany
A rare chance to ride one of the few continuous elevators still in operation.
Frankfurt, Germany
This German fountain of a legendary apple wine-loving drink thief will spit on you.
Frankfurt, Germany
The sweet story of how American cargo planes became known as "Candy Bombers" during the Berlin Blockade.
Frankfurt, Germany
Carved fountains poignantly placed in parks and in front of special monuments.
Frankfurt, Germany
The entrance to this Frankfurt subway station looks like an old tram car crashed into the concrete sidewalk.
Hamburg, Germany
This dockworkers' lunch joint has been left leaning by a century of storm floods.
Hamburg, Germany
This wooden hotel is a temple to German sustainability and forest conservation.
Hamburg, Germany
A wunderkammer of exoticism immortalized by Tom Waits.
Hamburg, Germany
Remnants of an exploded schooner and wrecked submarines form a breakwater.
Hamburg, Germany
Once the tallest building in the world, this abandoned church is now a monument to the destruction of WWII.
Munich, Germany
The scars of World War II are preserved on its walls.
Munich, Germany
This beautiful 19th-century temple stands atop the ruins of its predecessor.
Munich, Germany
An abandoned train station in Munich constructed for the 1972 Olympic games.
Munich, Germany
A serious museum dedicated to two German comedians.
Munich, Germany
A delightful but little-known public observatory and planetarium in Munich.
Munich, Germany
A small square plaque marks a failed assassination attempt that could have changed history.
Munich, Germany
This century-old cinema house has a marquee that has been hand painted by a single man for over 25 years.