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

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

A ruined castle stands atop a hill surrounded by dragon lore.

This temple to the sturm and drang of Richard Wagner contains a dragon's cave and reptile zoo full of living "dragons."

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

An elegant chandelier hangs over this ancient sewer chamber, now open for concerts and public tours.

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

Böttcherstraße's bells, extolling Nordic virtues and the great conquerors of the world.

Constructed by forced laborers, this submarine pen is now a museum and war memorial.

This dockworkers' lunch joint has been left leaning by a century of storm floods.

This contentious squat has stood through fire, violence, and government intervention as a hotbed of leftist protest.

One of the largest legal spray spots in Hamburg.

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

Twisted trees shaped by coastal winds make this woodland look like something from a spooky story.

A tilted half-timbered house from 1672 is built into a salvaged segment of a medieval wall.

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

An old slaughterhouse now holds the largest collection of pig artifacts.

A museum honoring Germany’s cucumber mecca offers a great dill of gherkin history.

An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.

A typical crusty old museum this isn't.