The rise and fall of Schloss Hennersdorf: a once-grand Baroque manor near Görlitz, now a haunting ruin in Jędrzychowice, Poland.

While most can and will consider German reunification a “success story”, the merger of the two German states also meant the loss of identity, purpose, and direction for many. There are plenty of ...

Nuremberg held a special place in Nazi Germany due to its historical significance and symbolic value. The city had been a center of the Holy Roman Empire and was associated with Germanic culture and ...

Anyone traveling between and alongside the hiking trails of Brandner Wald and the Stolberg-Münsterbusch proving ground is very likely to come across the so-called “Tank Cemetery Aachen.” Despite it ...

Few monuments encapsulate the image of Germany (and Berlin) as much as the Brandenburg Gate. Of all the National Monuments in Germany, the neoclassical structure is by far the most recognisable (i’m ...

Urban Exploring or Urban Exploration (often shortened as UE or urbex) is the exploration of manmade structures, usually abandoned ruins or hidden components of the manmade environment. Ever since we ...

We’ve already written an introduction about the development of Wünsdorf into the Military Headquarters of the Reichsheer in 1914 as well as its transformation into the headquarters of the ...

The year 1944 was the single most destructive year for both the RAF and USAAF during the strategic bombing of Germany. Combined, over 900 thousand tons of bombs were dropped – more than in all ...

Oranienburg wasn’t just home to Concentrations Camps and SS infrastructure – it was also home to the Versuchsstelle für Höhenflüge. The Versuchsstelle für Höhenflüge (trial site for altitude flights) ...

It so happens that Berlin wasn’t just home to the Agfa Company (one of the most famous German film producers), but also to the Fotochemischen Werke Köpenick (Photo-Chemical Works Köpenick). The ...

Hidden in a forest between a somewhat busy road and a little housing estate, you can find an East German NVA bunker doing what a bunker does best – staying hidden. While it’s unclear when this Bunker ...