When a medieval fire claimed the original St. Stephen’s Cathedral, it sparked a pattern of unquenchable organ building.

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

Enter the cabin of a life-sized Hindenburg replica.

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

Money made from smuggling sugar helped create this wondrous rock maze in honor of the Prussian Queen Louise.

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

In this truly magical place, rent hasn't been raised since the year 1520.

Goethe's "Faust" was inspired by these rock formations known as the "Devil's Pulpit" and "Witches' Altar."

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

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

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.

The great Danube river starts here.

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

A German apartment building hosting as many trees as human occupants.

This Nazi-built amphitheater was constructed on a sacred mountain site used by various German cults.

Explore the complex ecology of this multifaceted nature preserve by riverboat.

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

Slaughterhouse Five opens its dank doors to fans of Kurt Vonnegut.

What was once thought to be a wellspring of unicorn bones is actually just a prehistoric burial site.

Berlin's old airport.

An elevator into the Baltic Sea.

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

Terrifying derelict military hospital once housed a recuperating Hitler.

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