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3 days ago

Paint it Black:The Tragic Fate of a Landmark Once a thriving industrial hub that exported printing inks worldwide, the historic, 1905-founded Hallische Farbenfabrik survived world wars and GDR expropriation, only to close for goo

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10 days ago

Germany’s Yellowstone: The Colorful Lakes of Roßbach It is a hidden dreamscape, reminiscent of the U.S. national park, Yellowstone. Yet this is Germany—a secluded corner situated right in the midst of an industrial landsca

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17 days ago

Nude Cult of the Coconut: The Birth of the Eco-Movement More than a century ago, an alternative utopian commune in Germany’s Harz Mountains drew prominent thinkers and artists like a magnet. Yet, for some, this radical attempt to…

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24 days ago

"White Plague": The Secret of the "Cough Castle" Deep in eastern Germany—hidden just beyond the border between Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia—stand the mysterious remains of a former sanatorium, nestled in the woods atop a mountai

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about 1 month ago

Solitary on the Ochsenberg: General’s Sloth Farm High above the Harz village of Sorge (Sorrow) sits a "lost place" so vast it defies a single camera lens. From a pioneering 19th-century tuberculosis sanatorium where patients "dr

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about 1 month ago

The Talking Castle: From Otto III to Elon Musk A thousand years ago, in the Wipper Valley, the German Emperor Otto III commissioned the construction of a fortress—a site known to most people today only from an aerial view. Rammelburg Castle,

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about 2 months ago

A lunar landscape with a pool: The colors of a lost world Emerald, indigo, and blood-red: You might expect these vibrant hues in the volcanic heart of Yellowstone, but this alien landscape is hidden in the Saalekreis district of Germany.<

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about 2 months ago

Jelly for Jam Makers: The Sweet Secret of the Ghost Factory Deep in the German countryside lies a place where time seems to have stood still since 1990. Where once the raw material for millions of jars of jam was produced, ruins now stand guard over mounta

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about 2 months ago

On dry Land: The Mountain Pool on Peters Hill Once the "Pearl of the Porphyry Rocks," the Bergbad Petersberg was a bustling summer sanctuary for thousands. Today, the turquoise waters have been replaced by a silent, growing forest an

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2 months ago

Abandoned Places: Holidays in a Barrel Imagine a place where the air smells of pine needles and nostalgia, where a giant steel barrel once stood guard over the laughter of thousands of children. Today, the

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