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Bowiefrid

I live in a forest with a witch and a vodu doctor, I'm just the weird guy that collects books. If it weren't for one of my jobs, I probably would have never visited 94% of the places I have seen.

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Places visited in Kazanlak, Bulgaria

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Places visited in Osimo, Italy

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Places visited in Želízy, Czechia

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Berlin, Germany

Berlin Botanical Garden

Started as a kitchen garden, now the second largest botanical garden in the world.

Rachel

Added by Rachel

Oranienburg, Germany

Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp

The site of a concentration camp where inmates were made to take part in one of the largest counterfeiting operations in history is now hauntingly empty.

Luke J Spencer

Added by Luke J Spencer

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

Berlin, Germany

Bridge of Spies

Germany's Glienicke Bridge has a shady history of clandestine meetings, espionage, and spycraft.

steedjb

Added by steedjb

Potsdam, Germany

Alexandrowka

A quaint Russian village in the middle of a German metropolis.

Christine Williamson

Added by Christine Williamson

Beelitz, Germany

Beelitz Heilstätten

Terrifying derelict military hospital once housed a recuperating Hitler.

festerer

Added by festerer

Wustermark, Germany

Hitler's Olympic Village

The 1936 Summer Olympics site is a crumbling remnant of sportsmanship and a history its host country would like to forget.

Rachel

Added by Rachel

Gommern, Germany

St. Nicholas Church

The resting place of 18th century German mummies.

Oliver Hong

Added by Oliver Hong

Wolmirstedt, Germany

Wolmirstedt Converter Hall

Where the interconnection of German power grids should be.

Neustadt, Germany

The Mummy of Knight Kahlbutz

The natural mummy of the less than chivalrous Knight Kahlbutz.

Poznań, Poland

The Fighting Goats of Poznań

These mechanical goats first battled it out in the year 1551, all because of an overcooked deer.

AdamTKincaid

Added by AdamTKincaid

płocki, Poland

Warsaw Radio Mast Remains

The shattered remains of the world's once tallest structure.

The Stone Circles at Odry

Deep in a Polish forest, this collection of Iron Age megaliths still holds onto many of its ancient secrets.

AdamTKincaid

Added by AdamTKincaid

Bydgoszcz, Poland

The Exploseum

An abandoned Nazi explosives plant founded by the inventor of dynamite is now an underground museum.

AdamTKincaid

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Chełmno, Poland

Pieces of St. Valentine's Skull

The relics are stored in a silver reliquary, where they can be seen through glass.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

Toruń Gingerbread Museum

Once a giant gingerbread factory, this space now hosts exhibits and workshops on the historic treat.

AdamTKincaid

Added by AdamTKincaid

Gdańsk, Poland

Old Prussian Hags of Northern Pomerania

These rare statues are one of the few remaining material witnesses to Old Prussian culture.

AdamTKincaid

Added by AdamTKincaid

Gdańsk, Poland

Fahrenheit Monument

This antique thermometer honors the creator of the first universal temperature scale.

Added by duncanchappell

Gdańsk, Poland

Cemetery of Lost Cemeteries

Memorial to the lost dead of Gdansk, whose resting places were destroyed during World War II.

reneejudith

Added by reneejudith

Gdańsk, Poland

The Three Boar Heads of Gdańsk

A mysterious emblem tucked in an small alleyway is actually the coat of arms of a heroic medieval family.

AdamTKincaid

Added by AdamTKincaid

Gdańsk, Poland

Gdansk Astronomical Clock

A huge wooden clock that is so beautiful its creator was forcibly blinded.

Added by duncanchappell

Mazurolandia

A miniatures park with a model of Wolf's Lair as it looked during World War II.

argusfoto

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Ketrzyn, Poland

The Wolf's Lair

This Nazi ruin was the site where Hitler was almost blown up by a suitcase bomb.

Indygenous

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Hotel Zdrowie

A haunting deserted hotel is a favorite with artists and photographers.

eleana

Added by eleana