Marzipan Museum

Lubeck, Germany, enjoys a reputation for producing some of the world’s finest marzipan. Nowhere is it more celebrated than at Niederegger, a confectioner that has been turning out the almond and sugar sweet since 1806. Upstairs from the store and cafe stand a dozen life-size marzipan mannequins styled as figures from Lubeck’s history, along with a marzipan model ship and Fabergelike eggs. Exhibits and a video explain the history of marzipan and how it’s made. Originally from the Middle East, it was carried home by Crusaders in boxes called mataban. Today shoppers can choose from the store’s 300 varieties of marzipan.