Nagold, Germany
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A German town is growing a building out of trees.
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Nagold, Germany
A German town is growing a building out of trees.
Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany
Every hour the doors open to reenact the legend of the heroic mayor who saved his town by drinking a gallon of wine.
Darmstadt, Germany
A former Nazi lookout tower with a magnificent view of the Rhineland.
Garching bei München, Germany
Four-story slides send people whizzing through the math department at this Munich university.
Rottweil, Germany
Built to test magnetically levitated elevators, the tower also boasts Germany's highest visitor platform.
Passau, Germany
Shimmering sea-colored mosaics and Jesus statues cover this opulent building.
Flintsbach am Inn, Germany
A rare example of a German cemetery with traditional grave markers dating back several generations.
Stuttgart, Germany
This old wooden funicular railway leads to a cemetery in the forest.
Regensburg, Germany
From Ancient Rome to WWII, Neupfarrplatz has over 2,000 years of history underneath its main square.
Trassenheide, Germany
The first (but not only) upside-down house in Germany.
Siegen, Germany
The abandoned mine where American troops discovered a treasure trove of art and artifacts hidden by the Nazis.
Dresden, Germany
An engineering wonder at Pillnitz Castle protects a precious 230-year-old flowering shrub.
Zweibrücken, Germany
A university observatory dome painted to resemble the beloved 'Star Wars' droid.
Munich, Germany
This magnificent museum claims to house the cranium of a disciple and the skull of a pope.
Bremen, Germany
Eight naturally mummified bodies in glass coffins are housed in an underground crypt.
Schönefeld, Germany
This curious sculpture represents the perseverance needed to take to the skies.
Potsdam, Germany
Solar observatory doubles as a daring display of Expressionist architecture, much to Einstein's chagrin.
Frankfurt, Germany
This unique exhibit "Dialogue in the Dark" reverses roles as the visionless become guides and the sighted become ‘blind.’
Munich, Germany
One of the most easily accessible examples of the rare 1960s UFO houses.
Hamburg, Germany
A fascinating little museum dedicated to the thousands of chemical substances concealed in our food.
Darmstadt, Germany
Crop circles inspired this whimsical garden in Germany.
Guben, Germany
The home of the morbid art of corpse plastination is open for visitors to view the fascinating, but stomach-churning process.
Dusseldorf, Germany
Twisted buildings adorn the banks of the Rhine river.
Nördlingen, Germany
A meteorite-bounded town in Bavaria.