Baltic Sea between Kiel and Lübeck ideas
 

We will likely be in (near) a small beach town north of Lübeck for a few days. We will have two teens in tow. I know nothing about that area except that there is an amusement park (Hansa Park) there. One of the reasons we are going. Heck,. I am not even sure what you would call that area.


Is there something else to do there? We will likely have a free day or two to explore. We live on a beach, so while we will likely dip our toes in the Baltic, sitting on a beach all day probably isn't high on the list unless it is a really cool beach or there are things to do on the water. We will have just come from Copenhagen, so even boat tours may not be high on the list.
If you ask mrs pbiflyer, nature or history would be high on her list, one teen is a WWII buff, the other more into visual design.
Any ideas, advice, resources would be appreciated.

For non-sea sights, and if you are willing to drive just a bit, a walk/hike in the Lüneburg Heath is great and different. The town of Lüneburg is also very pretty. A little farther afield is the German Tank Museum in the town of Munster, which I found very interesting. And of course the Bergen-Belsen Memorial, where Anne Frank perished, is in that vicinity too.

Great suggestions. I had no idea. With the tank museum suggestion, you just became my son's favorite person in the world! We are headed to the Cologne area after that, so a perfect stop along the way.
Appreciate it.

Sure thing - just looked up the nice hike we did, it was up to Wilseder Berg. Not very challenging, but pretty and you get the full heath experience.

I’ve never been there, but have you considered Peenemünde?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peenemünde

https://museum-peenemuende.de/?lang=en