Germany's vast and mystifying Harz mountain region is a mecca for those interested in the dark arts. The Brocken's slopes are renowned for the sorcerers and other mythical creatures who supposedly ...

Just north of the picturesque Harz Mountains in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, lies the enchanting town of Quedlinburg. Founded in 922, this historic gem holds the distinction of being the first capital ...

Our slow travel expert explores villages and forests on a narrow gauge line that terminates at the top of the Brocken, northern Germany’s highest peak This year marks the 125th anniversary of ...

Hikers captured a bone-chilling photo of a mysterious naked "wolf man," who officials believe has lived in the wild for at least 5 years, as they traveled through Germany's Harz Mountains on Tuesday.

Firefighters expressed hope on Monday morning that overnight rainfall in the Harz mountains of central Germany helped dampen wildfires that have burned for several days. Crews were preparing to ...

Hikers in Germany spotted an elusive “wolf man” lurking in the Harz Mountains, and managed to capture him in a photograph. Gina Weiss and her companion, Tobi, were walking through woods near ...

Dead trees stand in Lower-Saxony state forests at the Harz mountains near Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany, Friday, July 28, 2023. The tiny insects have been causing outsized devastation to the forests ...

About 500 people have been evacuated from a mountain in central Germany because of a forest fire, a spokesman for the Harz region said Friday.. Tourists, hikers and athletes are being bussed down ...

Nestled in the spruce trees in the Harz mountains of northern Germany is a bark-eating pest not much bigger than a sesame seed. Known as “book printers” for the lines they eat into the bark ...

CLAUSTHAL-ZELLERFELD, Germany (AP) — Tiny bark beetles have been causing havoc in Germany’s Harz mountains, eating away at trees and killing off swaths of the spruce population by hampering ...

CLAUSTHAL-ZELLERFELD, Germany (AP) — Nestled in the spruce trees in the Harz mountains of northern Germany is a bark-eating pest not much bigger than a sesame seed. Known as “book printers ...