I’m glued to the window as our train journeys across the Hindenburgdamm, a narrow rail causeway between mainland Germany and the tiny island of Sylt. Reachable by air and ferry from Denmark, this ...

Heligoland is a rocky island in the North Sea and Germany's only non-coastal island. Located between 30 and 40 miles off the North German coast, Heligoland is a rocky island in the North Sea and ...

A few years ago, my older daughter came home from second grade and at dinner announced an amazing discovery. “There was a wall!” she said. My husband and I looked at each other. I’m American; he’s ...