To Germans, there's nothing funny at all about the Wank House. The restaurant atop the majestic Wank Mountain, here in the distance, is a great stop after the scenic hike up. Daniel Vogl/dpa Few names ...

We left the city behind and headed into the mountains — just me, my dog Joey, and a quiet weekend in Germany’s highlands. This trip to Winterberg was about slowing down, breathing deeper, and letting ...

Located along the border between Germany and Austria, Zugspitze is in the southeastern German state of Bavaria, formerly the Kingdom of Bavaria. The mountain is flanked by three glaciers, two of which ...

INTRO I came to the town of Thale, in north-central Germany, for one reason only. Not to admire its churches or fountains. Nor to walk its shopping street? ?whose name lets you know this was once East ...

Some of the world's longest pedestrian suspension bridges are not in Asia, but Germany, Hungary and the Czech Republic.

A teenager has died after being struck by lightning near the summit of Germany's highest mountain. The 18-year-old German had climbed the Zugspitze on Sunday afternoon with two other men when the ...

The fire broke out at the Königsberg peak in northern Germany on Sunday. Meanwhile, another wildfire that broke out in the eastern state of Brandenburg on Wednesday ...