An incredibly well-preserved barbershop from the 1920s was transformed into a tiny local museum.

One of the oldest cemeteries in Germany was originally used for victims of a cholera epidemic.

A beautiful old horse stable hosts one of the largest collections of domestic animal skeletons and taxidermy.

This giant glowing "beanpole" adds much-needed pops of color to an otherwise drab power plant.

The metal-free wooden towers of Brück.

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

Celebrating the Eucharist, the day is a legal holiday in many parts of Germany.

Once a path for Jewish funeral processions, this unassuming alleyway is rich in local lore.

This fountain tucked away in a park is the focal point of the only "Green Basilica" in Germany.

World's only telecommunication tower with a wooden pinnacle.

This inconspicuous pharmacy went down in history as the first gas station in the world after fueling the first road trip ever taken.

Stuffed people arranged in unsettling scenes give a voyeuristic glimpse of life within a historic old hotel.

Final resting place of the humble physicist who discovered X-rays, and made the invisible visible.

A carved grave marker from the 2nd century is mounted in the alcove wall of this Bavarian church.

Beloved children's TV characters freckle the German city's streets.

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

This concrete church spent a period of its history as a World War II bunker.

A statue beloved by—and named by—the local townsfolk it represents.

A unique, free-floating electric ferry may be the only of its kind in Europe.

Joe Cocker's 1988 concert at this site in East Germany marked a changing sea tide that would eventually lead to reunification.

It commemorates one of the world's earliest telegraphs.

A famed artist's inspiring work of peace and tolerance.

A peculiar trapezoidal building covered with wonderful humorous reliefs.

The man who gave his name to magnetic measurement is buried in the city where he did his best work.