Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world's hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook, Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter @atlasobscura. An imposing, austere row of buildings stretches for almost three ...

In Rügen, an idyllic island in northeast Germany, a dark history has been replaced by luxury living with seaside views. The area is home to lagoons, peninsulas, numerous beaches and, famously, beeches ...

PRORA, Germany (AFP) — One of the biggest relics left behind by the Nazis is undergoing a radical transformation on a German island, harnessing a property boom to become a luxury tourist destination.

It has a long, white sandy beach and several miles of beautiful, unspoiled coastline, but Prora, on Germany's Baltic Sea island of Ruegen, does not feature in tourist brochures. Perhaps it's something ...

Some buildings have a hard time shaking their past, and when it comes to architectural relics from the Third Reich, the past becomes even harder to shake. Plans to renovate a former vacation home for ...

Instagram has made travel competitive. For a younger generation of holidaymakers, it is no longer sufficient to experience a destination, you need to be seen to do so. And not just any destination. As ...

THE former Nazi leader had a grand vision for a budget holiday resort by the sea. Here it is, and it ain’t pretty. Prora, a seaside mega-resort on the east German island of Rugen, was intended as a ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime. One of the biggest relics left behind by the Nazis is set to become a luxury – but controversial – tourist destination. Prora, on the ...

Three years before Germany invaded Poland in 1939, Adolf Hitler ordered the construction of the world's largest tourist resort, located on a beachfront property on the island of Rügen. The Nazis ...

With estate agents waxing lyrical about the “smell of the sea, the scent of pines and panoramic views of nature” you could almost be forgiven for forgetting the sinister past of the luxury Baltic ...