The Ansbach Court Garden is located at Ansbach Palace, which was originally a garden only open to the royal family for many years before...

This was also known as the Margrave's Palace, where the current Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach and his family resided. This palace was...

The town's western gate is also called Hangman's Gate for obvious reasons. Hanged right outside the city gate were prosecuted...

Means: "red fortress above the Tauber [River]". This is one of the few places I hit on the famous Romantic Road, which is 220 mile route...

As small as Rothenburg ob der Tauber is, you can see from my many blog postings that there is a lot to see and do. One of the last stops...

At the Burrgarten, you can see the symbol of the powerful and royal Hohenzollern family that came to dominate the Prussian empire within...

If you personally know me, then you know that I rarely like taking pictures of myself and that I barely ever have any. So here is the...

Even Walt Disney took inspiration from this town, and the famous castle gate at the top of the Burggarten, or Castle Garden, was...

Actually a fortress of what was once the Free Imperial City of Nuremberg, Nuremberg Castle stands at the highest point in Nuremberg. ...

Renaissance printer, theorist, and painter. Ever heard of Albrecht Dürer? Before traveling to Germany, I hadnt heard his name since high...

Want to know how to spot Renaissance architecture from a mile away? Just look for this type of gable on the edge of the roof, and you'll...

I felt like I was in downtown Duloc and that Lord Farquaad would come stepping out at any moment in Rothenburg ob Der Tauber. You must...