Germany's Glienicke Bridge has a shady history of clandestine meetings, espionage, and spycraft.

The world's most delightful not-NOT-religion welcomes visitors to the town of Templin, just like its more stoic peers.

A striking 12th-century-style castle built on the edge of a cliff.

Go surfing on this urban wave, "hacked" by local surfers.

Wax models of disease and deformity are on display at this German medical museum.

These bronze pamphlets remember a remarkable group of Germans who fearlessly opposed the Nazis in the very center of their power.

The site of a concentration camp where inmates were made to take part in one of the largest counterfeiting operations in history is now hauntingly empty.

Twisted buildings adorn the banks of the Rhine river.

The history of German architecture is explored across this fairy-scale mini-city.

Hitler's bleak vision of relaxation still stands as a mostly abandoned 10,000-room resort complex.

Solar observatory doubles as a daring display of Expressionist architecture, much to Einstein's chagrin.

Bursting forth from a historic German neighborhood, these day-glo palaces are now a bright fixture in the town.

A unique hanging cable-car navigates through Dresden, the oldest suspension railway in the world.

This abandoned coliseum was intended to be a grand Nazi rallying ground before it was halted at the end of the war.

The home of the morbid art of corpse plastination is open for visitors to view the fascinating, but stomach-churning process.

This German museum is devoted to all aspects of grave culture from headstones to coffins.

The largest treasure hoard in Europe is contained in a castle that was bombed out during World War II.

A collection of artworks exclusively created by the mentally ill that was almost burned by Nazi culture police.

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

A former ironworks that was the first UNESCO industrial site.

A castle from the Holy Roman Empire that hosts traveling youth... in its stables.

The bunker where Hitler took his own life is hidden under this deliberately ordinary parking lot.

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

A stairway to heaven, or to nowhere at all.