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

This Rococo church is known as the most beautiful village church in the world, and does not disappoint.

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

Executed in 1401, Exhumed in 1878, Stolen in 2010.

The architect of this fanciful complex called it an "oasis for humanity and nature in a sea of rational houses."

An industrial relic is now one of Europe's most staggering art spaces.

Striking occult iconography on a medieval German church.

Remnants of an exploded schooner and wrecked submarines form a breakwater.

Dress up like a miner and take a slide into the disco-lit depths of this once foundational salt mine.

This ancient ruined monastery has been destroyed by fire so many times that it seems like God hates it.

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.

In addition to fine dairy products, the world's most beautiful milk shop also offers a feast for the eyes.

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

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

Once the tallest building in the world, this abandoned church is now a monument to the destruction of WWII.

A Black Forest cuckoo clock theme park features one timepiece big enough to walk inside.

This German version of Universal Studios holds a vault of treasures from the NeverEnding Story.

These 18th century gardens tell a rocky story of the son of Odysseus.

These blingy, baubled skeletons lie in glass boxes inside a baroque Bavarian church.

An elevator into the Baltic Sea.

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

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.

Living trees form the structure of an open-air palace.