As lake waters recede, a German village reemerges after more than a hundred years.

The last bastion of Roman presence north of the Alps looms over a German town.

This lurid German fountain plots the sad course of marriage from dating to death.

This abandoned coliseum was intended to be a grand Nazi rallying ground before it was halted at the end of the war.

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

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

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

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

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

The largest collection of handbags in the world, the oldest of which were used to carry Bibles, primarily by men.

The world's largest bicycle shelter can hold more than 12,500 two-wheelers.

This Dutch statue is a monument to the fictional shrew who brought doom to the city of Stavoren.

The tallest mountain in mainland Netherlands isn't actually very tall.

The location of the world's first telescope demonstration.

Four giant movable street lights decorate this modern Rotterdam square.

The world's largest private telescope collection hides in a secret wing of a Dutch auto museum.

This hotel was once home to a steamliner company and became the final rest stop for Europeans heading to the New World.

Atop this former dutch railway office sits an interstellar work of art.

For the holidays, the tallest broadcasting tower in the Netherlands turns into one of the world's tallest Christmas trees.

In the Netherlands, one of the world's largest private car collections can be found.

The 20-mile causeway that separates the Netherlands from the sea.

Yup, that's a 330-foot yacht passing over the highway.

A miniature city, once ruled by the Queen of the Netherlands.

A UFO-shaped event building originally intended to be a science museum showcasing the future.