Volkswagen's dedicated museum dives into the complex history of one of the world's best known cars.

This Nazi-built amphitheater was constructed on a sacred mountain site used by various German cults.

Hamburgers are intensely proud of their tunnel beneath the river.

The alpine falls where Sherlock Holmes apparently met his demise can actually be visited.

These former Nazi anti-aircraft towers offer a singular view of the north of Berlin in the summer, and a sanctuary for bats in winter.

From morgue to urn, watch the whole process at this unusual educational attraction.

Hamburg's first legal sex work is relegated to a gated street that still does not allow pedestrian women.

This wooden hotel is a temple to German sustainability and forest conservation.

This contentious squat has stood through fire, violence, and government intervention as a hotbed of leftist protest.

A stunning two-story timepiece within a medieval Brick Gothic church.

Twisted buildings adorn the banks of the Rhine river.

Cold war icon and onetime "hole" in the iron curtain.

Bursting forth from a historic German neighborhood, these day-glo palaces are now a bright fixture in the town.

This water-tower-turned-high-end-apartment building was once the site of an early Nazi concentration camp.

This ancient ruined monastery has been destroyed by fire so many times that it seems like God hates it.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

Gardens representing parts of Asia, Europe, and the Mid East are tucked away among the Soviet-style buildings in East Berlin.

An intricate and amazing house built by architect Karl Junker.

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

A sprawling Baroque park with 300-year-old hydro-pneumatic waterworks.

The fairy tale castle of the "fairy-tale king."

This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.

Soaring over 6,000 feet in the Bavarian Alps, this beer garden was once Hitler's 50th birthday present.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.