Model Trains and Much More in Hamburg.

This Late Gothic building that once housed Erasmus is now known as the filming location of "Suspiria."

A lakeside footbridge that records Nobel Prize laureates' names in metal silhouette.

Enter the cabin of a life-sized Hindenburg replica.

Visitors may notice something strange walking through this quaint German town.

A remarkable two-country morph, this town is part of Germany legally but is by all other measures Swiss.

Obscured within a ring of trees, this abandoned World War II relic hides on a German hillside.

A sandstone block marks the alleged spot where the legendary writer was conceived.

Today this former Nazi concentration camp stands as a poignant memorial to the victims of fascism, and a warning from history.

One man's stunning attempt at eco-friendly living.

The little tuxedo cat survived the trip, then languished in obscurity.

The remains of this castle, known as the Witch’s Eye, watch over the Thur Valley.

A charming little museum founded by the designer of the Statue of Liberty.

This giant, 83-year-old ship elevator is an engineering feat to behold.

Walk inside a half mile long crevice right outside the town of Garmisch Partenkirchen.

A historic steam train meanders along one of the most scenic rail routes in Germany's Black Forest.

This former Nazi castle was built as a school to train what would have been the future of the Third Reich.

A series of haunting wooden totems are hidden in the woods surrounding a German environmental center.

Flowers have mysteriously appeared on her effigy every day for the last 150 years.

A stonemason's hilarious revenge came in the form of this peculiarly positioned gargoyle.

This medieval cathedral houses stained-glass windows featuring saints and pretzels.

This unusual piece of Renaissance art depicting the bodily horror of crucifixion and skin disease may have been inspired by fungus-induced hallucinations.

This lone pillar is all that remains of a 19th-century asylum.

An indigenous ethnobotanist runs this brunch spot celebrating Australia’s native flavors.