These landmarks are among the best known:
- Brandenburg Gate (Berlin)
- Cologne Cathedral
- Holsten Gate (Luebeck)
- Schloss Neuschwanstein
- Fernsehturm (Berlin)
- Hermannsdenkmal (near Detmold) - commemorates 'Hermann the German' and the victory of the Germanic tribes over the Romans in AD 9.
- Frauenkirche, Munich
- Sanssouci, Potsdam
- Zwinger, Dresden (severely damaged in WW2, but rebuilt)
- Altes Rathaus, Leipzig
- Rathaus (and Roland statue), Bremen
- Naumburg Cathdral
- Untere Bruecke (with statue of St. Kunigunde), Bamberg
- Kaiserburg, Nuremberg
- Roemer, Frankfurt
- Checkpoint Charlie
- Berlin Wall Remnants
- Bundestag, Berlin
- The Lorelei (massive rock that towers above the Rhine near St. Goarshausen)
- Festung Koenigstein (an der Elbe) and the surrounding area of natural beauty
- Museumsinsel, Berlin