Hesse is a central German state known for forests and Wiesbaden, a Roman spa town and now the state's capital city. Amid the skyscrapers of Frankfurt am Main, the state's largest city and Germany's financial center, lie the Städel art museum and the Goethe House—the author's childhood home. Across the Rhine River, in the wider cultural region of Rhine-Hesse, is the city of Mainz with its 1,000-year-old cathedral.

Abbey and Altenmünste... 9

Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe 16

Darmstadt 13

Frankfurt 17

Hofgeismar 10

Lorsch 11

Main Cruise 12

Mathildenhöhe 11

Messel Pit 10

Römerberg 13