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Raeren, Belgium

Museum of Carrots

This small window display is dedicated to the noble carrot.
Added by mdornsei
Bretten, Germany

Peter And Paul Fest

One of the most well-known city festivals in the world.
Heidelberg, Germany

Heidelberg Bridge Monkey

It's good luck to be mocked by this monkey.
Collector of Experiences Added by Collector of Experiences
Bernkastel-Kues, Germany

Spitzhäuschen

This 600-year-old home seems to defy physics.
Added by TheJaice
Oppenheim, Germany

Michaelskapelle Ossuary

This German bone house contains the remains of some 20,000 souls.
pieofthemonth Added by pieofthemonth
Koblenz, Germany

Augenroller (Eye Roller)

Every half hour the eye-rolling clock face sticks out its tongue to mock the good citizens of Koblenz.
Added by pauldbentz
Koblenz, Germany

Schängelbrunnen

This fountain of a little boy that spits on passersby at erratic intervals is a town icon.
Added by pauldbentz
Darmstadt, Germany

Waldspirale

A German apartment building hosting as many trees as human occupants.
Rebekah Otto Added by Rebekah Otto
Siegen, Germany

Ziegenberg Gasometer

One of the only spherical 19th century gas containers left today.
Added by Maya W
Frankfurt, Germany

Pinkelbaum (Peeing Tree)

After years of being casually peed on by humans, this tree is peeing back.
Christine Williamson Added by Christine Williamson
Wiesbaden, Germany

Nerobergbahn

A rare water-powered funicular, it uses a huge tank of water and gravity to do its work.
Added by Alpha
Frankfurt, Germany

Frankfurt Wishing Wells

Carved fountains poignantly placed in parks and in front of special monuments.
Added by Facebook4800013
Frankfurt, Germany

Frau Rauscher Fountain

This German fountain of a legendary apple wine-loving drink thief will spit on you.
Collector of Experiences Added by Collector of Experiences
Giessen, Germany

Mathematikum

This peculiar museum offers hands-on interaction with seemingly intangible principles of mathematics.
Christine Williamson Added by Christine Williamson
Giessen, Germany

Grave of Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen

Final resting place of the humble physicist who discovered X-rays, and made the invisible visible.
Christine Williamson Added by Christine Williamson
Giessen, Germany

Gießkannenmuseum (Watering Can Museum)

An homage to the humble watering can.
Christine Williamson Added by Christine Williamson
Giessen, Germany

Elefantenklo

An oversized, oddly designed pedestrian overpass has drawn comparisons to a commode for pachyderms.
Christine Williamson Added by Christine Williamson
Giessen, Germany

Schlammbeiser Statue

Commemorating a unique medieval profession: men who collected feces.
Christine Williamson Added by Christine Williamson
Giessen, Germany

The Three Gossips

A statue beloved by—and named by—the local townsfolk it represents.
Christine Williamson Added by Christine Williamson
Berlin, Germany

Pfaueninsel

This Berlin island is home to a flock of free-roaming peacocks, as well as a historic ivory folly.
racheldoyle Added by racheldoyle
Auerstedt, Germany

Auerworld Palace

Living trees form the structure of an open-air palace.
Annetta Black Added by Annetta Black
Blankenburg (Harz), Germany

Teufelsmauer (The Devil's Wall)

A strange rock formation with numerous legends trying to explain it.
Added by modenamurr
Cologne, Germany

St. Petersglocke

The largest bell in the world has been swinging high above a Cologne cathedral for almost a century.
EricGrundhauser Added by EricGrundhauser
Cologne, Germany

Cologne's Love Locks Bridge

Thousands of tourists and residents in Cologne affix "love padlocks" on the Hohenzollernbrücke Bridge to symbolize their affections.
Added by Koeln