Towers in Germany

How did a lighthouse wind up in the middle of this landlocked German city?

This 165-foot water tower has been supplying the residents of Varel with drinking water for more than a century.

This watchtower once presided over the Berlin Wall.

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.

A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.

Several of these strange cone-shaped bunkers can still be seen around the former Nazi headquarters.

A towering monument to war, located on a beautifully peaceful hill.

One of the world's heaviest musical instruments towers within a popular urban park.

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

Built to test magnetically levitated elevators, the tower also boasts Germany's highest visitor platform.

A tiny basalt mountain with an observation tower overlooking the beautiful Bavarian countryside.

A tilted half-timbered house from 1672 is built into a salvaged segment of a medieval wall.

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

A medieval gate once used as a prison and how home to a city museum.

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

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