The real life town from the Pied Piper of Hamelin has a mechanical puppet show that retells the famous story many times a day.

A tiny island is connected to the mainland by a private railway that residents travel in their own personal wagons.

A rare water-powered funicular, it uses a huge tank of water and gravity to do its work.

Legendary site where an evil bishop was devoured by rodents.

The medieval institution is home to the precious treasure stolen in World War II in one of the greatest art thefts of the 20th century.

The world's biggest pet store.

A kindergarten shaped like a cat with a tail that's a slide.

Thousands of flowers create enchanting pink tunnels over the city streets.

An amusement park on the grounds of an unused nuclear power plant, with a swing ride inside the cooling tower.

Each year, Germany's "City of Dragons" slays the world's largest walking robot.

Originally envisioned by King Ludwig II to rival Versailles, Herrenchiemsee's "New Palace" remains half-gilded for lack of funds.

The largest bell in the world has been swinging high above a Cologne cathedral for almost a century.

A small man-controlled waterfall powers an Art Nouveau elevator and is accessed via narrow gauge, solar-powered tramway.

An ornate century-old elevator still connects the two halves of Bad Schandau.

Horrifically creative torture devices and shame punishments line the walls of this chilling museum.

The prison where Hitler wrote "Mein Kampf," and 278 Nazis were later executed for war crimes.

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

A Nazi concentration camp and Anne Frank's place of death.

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

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

Solar observatory doubles as a daring display of Expressionist architecture, much to Einstein's chagrin.

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

When a medieval fire claimed the original St. Stephen’s Cathedral, it sparked a pattern of unquenchable organ building.

Germany's Glienicke Bridge has a shady history of clandestine meetings, espionage, and spycraft.