Year: 2014

Plastinarium

Discover Plastinarium in Guben, Germany: The home of the morbid art of corpse plastination is open for visitors to view the fascinating, but stomach-churning process.

The Prinzhorn Collection

Discover The Prinzhorn Collection in Heidelberg, Germany: A collection of artworks exclusively created by the mentally ill that was almost burned by Nazi culture police.

The Prinzhorn Collection

Discover The Prinzhorn Collection in Heidelberg, Germany: A collection of artworks exclusively created by the mentally ill that was almost burned by Nazi culture police.

Happy Rizzi House

Discover Happy Rizzi House in Brunswick, Germany: Bursting forth from a historic German neighborhood, these day-glo palaces are now a bright fixture in the town.

Nibelungenhalle

Discover Nibelungenhalle in Königswinter, Germany: This temple to the sturm and drang of Richard Wagner contains a dragon's cave and reptile zoo full of living "dragons.".

Dresden Frauenkirche

Discover Dresden Frauenkirche in Dresden, Germany: This Dresden church was purposely rebuilt Protestant after being demolished in World War II.

Green Vault

Discover Green Vault in Dresden, Germany: The largest treasure hoard in Europe is contained in a castle that was bombed out during World War II.

The Thousand-Year Rose

Discover The Thousand-Year Rose in Hildesheim, Germany: The world's oldest rose is so tough it survived being bombed in World War II.

The Thousand-Year Rose

Discover The Thousand-Year Rose in Hildesheim, Germany: The world's oldest rose is so tough it survived being bombed in World War II.

Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord

Discover Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord in Duisburg, Germany: This former steel and coal plant is now a neon-lit industrial fantasia.

Tieranatomisches Theater

Discover Tieranatomisches Theater in Berlin, Germany: Berlin's oldest surviving academic architecture hosted decades of animal dissections.

Georg-von-Rauch-Haus

Discover Georg-von-Rauch-Haus in Berlin, Germany: Named after a militant urban guerilla, this famous former squat is a graffiti-covered stronghold of leftist culture.

St. Nicholas’ Church

Discover St. Nicholas' Church in Hamburg, Germany: Once the tallest building in the world, this abandoned church is now a monument to the destruction of WWII.

Viscardigasse

Discover Viscardigasse in Munich, Germany: Golden cobblestones remember a time when this small alley was used to avoid having to give a Nazi salute.

Weiße Rose Pavement Memorial

Discover Weiße Rose Pavement Memorial in Munich, Germany: These bronze pamphlets remember a remarkable group of Germans who fearlessly opposed the Nazis in the very center of their power.

Hatch Sticker Museum

Discover Hatch Sticker Museum in Berlin, Germany: This little museum is making sure that the art and history of the graffiti sticker is not scraped from history.

Berlin Story Bunker

Discover Berlin Story Bunker in Berlin, Germany: This World War II bunker now survives as a documentation of the Nazi regime and war crimes.

Unicorn Cave

Discover Unicorn Cave in Herzberg am Harz, Germany: What was once thought to be a wellspring of unicorn bones is actually just a prehistoric burial site.

Krämerbrücke

Discover Krämerbrücke in Erfurt, Germany: This historic stone bridge has an entire neighborhood clinging to its sides.

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