The history of German architecture is explored across this fairy-scale mini-city.

Goethe's "Faust" was inspired by these rock formations known as the "Devil's Pulpit" and "Witches' Altar."

Money made from smuggling sugar helped create this wondrous rock maze in honor of the Prussian Queen Louise.

An industrial relic is now one of Europe's most staggering art spaces.

A strange rock formation with numerous legends trying to explain it.

In this truly magical place, rent hasn't been raised since the year 1520.

This former steel and coal plant is now a neon-lit industrial fantasia.

This museum tells the story of lake dwellers from 4000 BC to 850 BC, replete with stilt houses and goats.

The great Danube river starts here.

The industrial monstrosity known as Bagger 258 is a colossal mining machine built in the DDR - but now left for dead in a German field.

A Black Forest cuckoo clock theme park features one timepiece big enough to walk inside.

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

These 18th century gardens tell a rocky story of the son of Odysseus.

An elevator into the Baltic Sea.

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

A long spiraling walkway winds through the woods, and around a copper beech tree at the center.

Between Neo-Pagans and Neo-Nazis, these strange rock formations have a curious cult following and a very strange history.

Living trees form the structure of an open-air palace.

This historic stone bridge has an entire neighborhood clinging to its sides.

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

Ruins of a German Castle on top of a towering stone pillar.

This small electronics museum is full of whirring, humming, clicking ephemera.

This vast World War II defense line was the site of a fierce battle.

This giant radio telescope would be a rusting ruin if it hadn't become such a beloved relic.