A collection of antique telescopes dot the halls of the university's astrophysics department.

A unique showroom for bathroom fixtures featuring a giant toilet observation deck.

A staggering collection of satellite models and actual flight parts.

A tiny, intricate model railway system.

This ornate Weser Renaissance house was also the home of an infamous witch hunter.

Centuries of warfare, tragedy, executions, and poetry come together in this 13th-century fortress.

The highest cold-water geyser in the world.

A collection of decorative eggs to admire in the off-season.

Held in an old church, this clockwork museum maintains a special focus on titanic tower timepieces.

Twelve sweet, nutty, life-sized statues are housed in this second-story shrine to almond paste.

Oberweissbacher Bergbahn - a broad-gauged cable car capable transfering railcars.

The telescope that discovered Neptune.

A graveyard and memorial chapel for victims of leprosy.

If the tunes of antique organs and musical marionettes don't intoxicate you, the draft beer certainly will.

A Saxony castle houses one of the largest and most outstanding mineral collections in the world.

1898 German railroad depot museum with working engines, steam train excursions, and hands-on displays.

This German fountain of a legendary apple wine-loving drink thief will spit on you.

Behold, a collection dedicated to Germany's favorite vegetable.

Nestled on the banks of a river in Nuremberg is a small museum that was once home of the city's official executioner.

One of the most well-known city festivals in the world.

A typical crusty old museum this isn't.

This small condiment museum makes all manner of mustards with a 200-year-old mill.

A delightful but little-known public observatory and planetarium in Munich.

One of the oldest wine cellars in Germany is now a restaurant beneath Bremen's town hall.