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mikewalker

Hiker, peakbagger, roadtripper and occasional writer from New Mexico, USA. When I'm not travelling I'm researching detailed itineraries so I can use my time on the road to see as much as possible. There's plenty of time to rest at home!

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Weston, Missouri

National Silk Art Museum

The largest collection of woven silk tapestries in the world.

showmestateofmind

Added by showmestateofmind

Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany

Castle Werdenfels

The stones of this formerly witch-obsessed castle were used to build a church.

MikeStuchbery

Added by MikeStuchbery

Darmstadt, Germany

The Vortex Garden

Crop circles inspired this whimsical garden in Germany.

stavm

Flossenbürg, Germany

Flossenbürg Concentration Camp

A preserved Nazi labor camp now has a Holocaust museum on site and memorials to the thousands that died while imprisoned at the camp.

Ani Djaferian

Added by Ani Djaferian

Schleswig, Germany

The Bog Bodies at the Schleswig-Holstein Landesmuseum

Ample proof that watery ends make for well-preserved, millenia-old mummies.

Alicia Bones

Added by Alicia Bones

Jewish Cemetery in Worms

The oldest Jewish cemetery in Europe survived Hitler's Germany.

Laetitia Petruzzella

Added by Laetitia Petruzzella

Wunsiedel, Germany

Luisenburg Rock Labyrinth

Money made from smuggling sugar helped create this wondrous rock maze in honor of the Prussian Queen Louise.

A secret club

Added by A secret club

Nienhagen, Germany

Gespensterwald (Ghost Forest)

Twisted trees shaped by coastal winds make this woodland look like something from a spooky story.

Added by cbkrauter1281

Hexentanzplatz (Witches' Dance Floor)

This enchanting mountain plateau celebrates spooky local folklore.

gypsyblue

Added by gypsyblue

Blankenburg (Harz), Germany

Teufelsmauer (The Devil's Wall)

A strange rock formation with numerous legends trying to explain it.

Added by modenamurr

Hanover, Germany

Marktkirche

Striking occult iconography on a medieval German church.

Melissa Marshall

Added by Melissa Marshall

Berlin, Germany

'The Dance of Death'

At one of Berlin’s oldest churches, visitors can place mosaic tiles to help restore a medieval mural.

allisonkc

Added by allisonkc

Dresden, Germany

Slaughterhouse Five

Slaughterhouse Five opens its dank doors to fans of Kurt Vonnegut.

Karl Junker House

An intricate and amazing house built by architect Karl Junker.

Added by mbison

Berchtesgaden, Germany

The Eagle's Nest

Soaring over 6,000 feet in the Bavarian Alps, this beer garden was once Hitler's 50th birthday present.

Luke J Spencer

Added by Luke J Spencer

Iqaluit, Nunavut

St. Jude's Igloo Cathedral

This igloo-shaped landmark in Iqaluit serves as the seat of the Diocese of the Arctic.

SamM

Berlin, Germany

Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

ahvenas

Added by ahvenas

Waldsassen, Germany

The Skeletons of Waldsassen Basilica

Skeletons dressed in extravagant 18th century royal costumes cavort in the aisles of this German basilica.

Wuppertal, Germany

Schwebebahn Wuppertal

This "floating railway" is one of the world's oldest monorail systems.

Lichtenstein, Germany

Lichtenstein Castle

A striking 12th-century-style castle built on the edge of a cliff.

Added by TheJaice

Berlin, Germany

Führerbunker Parking Lot

The bunker where Hitler took his own life is hidden under this deliberately ordinary parking lot.

leiris

Added by leiris

Berlin, Germany

Vestiges of the Berlin Wall

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

katiebaker4

Added by katiebaker4

Berlin, Germany

Teufelsberg

An abandoned NSA listening post on Berlin's "Devil's Mountain."

Added by blainedoneill

Berlin, Germany

Burgermeister

Where once there was a train station bathroom, there is now this German burger joint.