An elevator into the Baltic Sea.

No need to strap in for a "ride" on this walkable roller coaster.

Between Neo-Pagans and Neo-Nazis, these strange rock formations have a curious cult following and a very strange history.

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

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

This historic stone bridge has an entire neighborhood clinging to its sides.

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

A stairway to heaven, or to nowhere at all.

An intricate and amazing house built by architect Karl Junker.

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

The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.

Skeletons dressed in extravagant 18th century royal costumes cavort in the aisles of this German basilica.

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

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

This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.

The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.

This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.

Taste freshly foraged yarrow and black locust blossoms at this ambitious cocktail bar.

An imperial church bombed to ruins during WWII now stands as a jagged memorial.

This German bone house contains the remains of some 20,000 souls.

You've probably seen these distinctive orange-tiled columns on the big screen.

For patriotic Russians, this memorial honoring the Soviet soldiers who died liberating Berlin in 1945 is the most sacred location outside of Russia.

An old tram depot transformed into a vintage car paradise.

This obscene artwork on the side of a newspaper office pokes fun at a rival paper's former editor-in-chief.