The unique calamine violet in and around Stolberg shows itself especially in the months of May to August. Calamine flora or calamine vegetation is the botanical name of two plant communities of metallophytes on soil containing heavy metals.

Maria Laach is one of the most famous sights in the Laacher See Volcano Park. The abbey church is the most famous building in the Eifel.

The historic roots of this former water castle near the Kyll River date back far into the past.

Traces of settlement at the prehistoric Kakushöhle between Eiserfey and Weyer date back to 80,000 BC.                                                                  Hunter-gatherer groups of the Neanderthals left behind numerous stone implements of the Middle Palaeolithic epochs and animal bones.

As the central point of contact in the Volcano Park, the information centre offers an overview of the wide range of geological and archaeological themes covered in the park.