This mine is home to the largest man-made hole in Europe.

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

Largest illuminated advertisement sign in the world.

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

This proud Teutonic warrior rises out of a German forest heralding a victory and measuring lightning.

This monument to those fallen in the World Wars is accompanied by a U-boat that Germany bought for a Deutsche Mark.

One of the most iconic neon ads of former East Germany.

The Suurhusen church tower in Germany leans over farther than the famous Leaning Tower of Pisa.

Fantastic views and thousands of love locks.

The Bauhaus-style former industrial complex is considered the world's most beautiful coal mine.

A small man-controlled waterfall powers an Art Nouveau elevator and is accessed via narrow gauge, solar-powered tramway.

Thousands of tourists and residents in Cologne affix "love padlocks" on the Hohenzollernbrücke Bridge to symbolize their affections.

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

This incredible stone temple is a monument to death, victory, and fantasy architecture.

This Dresden church was purposely rebuilt Protestant after being demolished in World War II.

Retirement home for giant obsolete machines.

The "Prussian Versailles" that is as glorious today as when it was built.

This former steel and coal plant is now a neon-lit industrial fantasia.

A quaint Russian village in the middle of a German metropolis.

The industrial monstrosity known as Bagger 258 is a colossal mining machine built in the DDR - but now left for dead in a German field.

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

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

"The most colorful grottoes of the world.

This "floating railway" is one of the world's oldest monorail systems.