These tenacious 14th-century towers defied demolition and are now a fairytale vacation rental.

This old wooden funicular railway leads to a cemetery in the forest.

A graveyard and memorial chapel for victims of leprosy.

The oldest trees in Northern Germany.

A steam powered train that runs on city streets.

The Suurhusen church tower in Germany leans over farther than the famous Leaning Tower of Pisa.

These jeweled relics have a scandalous and contested past.

Four-story slides send people whizzing through the math department at this Munich university.

Nestled on the banks of a river in Nuremberg is a small museum that was once home of the city's official executioner.

This historic little railroad runs through some of the most beautiful scenery in Germany.

A tiny chapel clings to a precipice above Germany’s gemstone capital.

Böttcherstraße's bells, extolling Nordic virtues and the great conquerors of the world.

Every half hour the eye-rolling clock face sticks out its tongue to mock the good citizens of Koblenz.

This massive steel pyramid can be entered by a set of jagged steps that let visitors stand in its heart.

The small alleys in Lübeck's Old Town are a result of medieval urban sprawl.

A memorial for a young woman and her ghost, which are claimed to have caused countless deathly shipwrecks.

The narrowest street in the world is in danger of closing up entirely.

The only microgravity tower in Europe can produce nine seconds of weightlessness.

Tiny castle in the middle of the Rhine made you pay to pass.

The real life town from the Pied Piper of Hamelin has a mechanical puppet show that retells the famous story many times a day.

The bells remain in a shattered heap exactly as they fell when the church was bombed in World War II.

A former Nazi lookout tower with a magnificent view of the Rhineland.

This Rococo church is known as the most beautiful village church in the world, and does not disappoint.

The largest brick bridge in the world.