A unique hanging cable-car navigates through Dresden, the oldest suspension railway in the world.

No need to strap in for a "ride" on this walkable roller coaster.

Enter the cabin of a life-sized Hindenburg replica.

The bunker where Hitler took his own life is hidden under this deliberately ordinary parking lot.

The site of the famous Nazi book burning campaign of 1933 remembers its "Night of Shame".

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

The 1936 Summer Olympics site is a crumbling remnant of sportsmanship and a history its host country would like to forget.

Started as a kitchen garden, now the second largest botanical garden in the world.

This futuristic German spa allows visitors to float in a pool of salt water while zoning out to underwater techno.

A fantastic castle rumored to be the birthplace of King Arthur.

The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.

The shell of a medieval fortress offers commanding views of the area it once protected.

The world's oldest known salt mine.

A centuries old castle atop a dormant volcano houses museums devoted to both women and witches.

Artfully arranged bones of 5,800 Austrians.

A tropical paradise just a short trip from the opera house is filled with beautiful winged creatures.

A small museum filled with over 1,000 clocks, and one particular clock calibrated to run until the year 9999.

Swarovski's museum/theme park is a fake diamond fantasia overlooked by a giant.

This splendid tomb may look fantastic, but there's nothing in it...

A stairway to heaven, or to nowhere at all.

A serious museum dedicated to two German comedians.

These bronze pamphlets remember a remarkable group of Germans who fearlessly opposed the Nazis in the very center of their power.

The stones of this formerly witch-obsessed castle were used to build a church.

This endearingly discomfited urinating statue commemorates the sneaky pees had by us all.