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The oldest part of Bürresheim Castle is the imposing keep, a 12th-century tower that clearly reflects the castle's defensive origins. Over time, the castle developed into a complex double complex, consisting of the so-called Cologne Castle and the Trier Castle, which underwent different construction and expansion phases. While the Cologne Castle formed the older part and primarily served economic purposes—leading to its eventual decline—the Trier Castle was transformed into a prestigious residential palace, which continues to shape the character of the entire complex to this day.

The Brückentor (Bridge Gate) is one of Mayen's few remaining medieval city gates and once served as the most important entrance for travelers coming from Koblenz. Today, this historic building houses the Mayen Carnival Museum, which brings the city's long tradition of "Faasenaacht" (Carnival Night) to life.

The late Gothic castle was besieged, destroyed, and rebuilt several times over the course of its eventful history. The current complex consists of the upper castle with the 34-meter-high Golo Tower and the slightly lower outer castle. The castle is protected from the city by a large castle gate, and on the other side by the keep and a moat complex. The former moat is now a ring road spanned by a 20-meter-long Gothic stone bridge. The Genovevaburg Castle houses two exhibitions of the Eifel Museum: EifelTotal and the German Slate Mine.

The castle belongs to the municipality of Sankt Johann in Rhineland-Palatinate and is located northwest of Mayen on a rocky outcrop at the confluence of the Nitzbach and Nette rivers. Along with Eltz Castle and Lissingen Castle, Bürresheim Castle is one of the few aristocratic residences in the Eifel region that was never conquered or destroyed, surviving unscathed both the wars of the 17th and 18th centuries and the social upheavals resulting from the French Revolution. Its history was largely shaped by its location on the border between the two ecclesiastical electorates of Cologne and Trier.

This former mine wheel serves as a reference to the nearby mine museum.

The hall church, dedicated to Saint Quirinus, was built according to the plans of the architect Gerhard Franz Langenberg (1842–1895).[1] The church in the small village is also called the Eifeldom because of its extraordinary size. The neo-Gothic church is built of local quarry stone.

Very nice pond south of Hohenleimbach.

The three-story columned altar dates from the 18th century. In the niches of each level are figures of a Baroque guardian angel leading a child by the hand, of St. John of Nepomuk, and a Madonna. The Archangel Michael with sword and scales crowns the altar. In 2009, the saints' figures were extensively restored. Paul Clemen (1941) described them as "good craftsmanship of the 18th century." Clemen continues: "In the niche, a new figure, above it a good Baroque figure of ... Nepomuk ... at the end, a coarse Baroque figure of the Archangel Michael..." The "new figure" he refers to is possibly the guardian angel. The current altar figure probably stood in Kempenich at the time, because in Paul Clemen's (1941) work, the figure can be seen on page 256 as illustration 213.