The remnants of a fictional Viking village film set now serve as an educational and historical hotspot.

A unique bridge with an equally unique view.

One of two electrical towers in Germany that have a pathway constructed through the tower's legs.

Deep in the forest next to Augsburg are abandoned bunkers and bullet traps from the region's military past.

The highest cold-water geyser in the world.

This platform is now a memorial dedicated to those who were deported during the Holocaust.

Home to the world’s oldest seismograph and a four-ton steel ball that makes its own earthquakes.

This rock resembling a turned-up boot has become the symbol of St. Ingbert.

A steam powered train that runs on city streets.

This ancient oak tree plays matchmaker for singles willing to branch out from the usual dating scene.

The largest brick bridge in the world.

The world's tallest church tower reveals a spectacular view to anyone up to the task of climbing the daunting staircase.

Retirement home for giant obsolete machines.

An abandoned NSA listening post on Berlin's "Devil's Mountain."

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

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.

An elevator into the Baltic Sea.

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

A small but immensely extravagant palace built by the "Night King."

A stairway to heaven, or to nowhere at all.

A church filled with the bones of hundreds of virgins martyrs—or so they say.

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

A tree-like building perches on its trunk in the Steglitz neighborhood of Berlin.

When the rain falls, this drain system turns into a musical instrument.