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

From toys to kettles to scientific instruments, this German museum celebrates the beauty of 20th century design.

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

This World War II bunker now survives as a documentation of the Nazi regime and war crimes.

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

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

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

"The most colorful grottoes of the world.

An intricate and amazing house built by architect Karl Junker.

The 1936 Summer Olympics site is a crumbling remnant of sportsmanship and a history its host country would like to forget.

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

Berlin's natural history museum houses the world's largest mounted dinosaur and the late beloved polar bear Knut.

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

This Berlin island is home to a flock of free-roaming peacocks, as well as a historic ivory folly.

An abandoned NSA listening post on Berlin's "Devil's Mountain."

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

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

A state-of-the-art medical facility from the Imperial era is now a derelict ruin.

Ruins of a German Castle on top of a towering stone pillar.

This classic restaurant features a gorgeous mirror-clad room.

The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.

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

A tour of underground Berlin takes you through WWII air raid shelters and tunnels used to smuggle people out of East Germany.

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