In the heart of (one of) central Europe’s largest nature reserves – the Schorfheide – lie the ruins of Carinhall – Herrmann Göring’s luxurious villa, attracting treasure hunters, Neo-Nazis and the ...

Few places in and around Berlin highlight the complex german history layer cake like the Bogensee. Situated a good 15 kilometers north of Berlin, the Bogensee served as the scenic backdrop for Joseph ...

The topic of what to do with the remaining Nazi eagles comes up fairly frequently. The debates tend to spit in two polemic camps – one calling for all of them to be destroyed and removed, while the ...

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 ...

The town of Altentreptow in north eastern Germany was first officially documented in 1245 when it was granted its city rights, but the area had been inhabited since the bronze age. A city wall was ...

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 ...

The Kaiser, Nazis and Soviets in the forests of Zossen / Wünsdorf By the end of the 19th Century, the city of Berlin was getting cramped thanks to the founding of the german reich and rapid ...

There are few places that have left us with a deep sorrow after we’ve visited them – but the Gut Gentzrode (also known as Herrenhaus Gentzrode) possibly tops our list. We’ve first heard of Gentzrode ...

The seemingly sleepy town of Eberswalde, and hour north of Berlin has a lot more history than one could expect. Eberswalde saw a rapid industrialization in the middle of the 19th century with ...

The Avus Race of 1935 was to be the last in its original form, as the track in its current state was no longer suitable for “modern” race cars which could easily top speeds of over 200km/h (the track ...

Our (historical) search for Nazi eagles continues. While we thoroughly covered the history of the german heraldic eagle, from its use as the Reichsadler in the early 900s up until today as the ...

The locals plundered the ruins as best they could, and the rest of the salvageable technical equipment and building material was shipped off to the Soviet Union as war reparations. The Interior ...