This tremendous timepiece was once the largest cuckoo clock in the world.

This beautiful 19th-century temple stands atop the ruins of its predecessor.

Over 12,000 hygiene oriented objects and exhibits.

Tourists often confuse this beautifully ornate former cigarette factory for a mosque.

Walk inside a half mile long crevice right outside the town of Garmisch Partenkirchen.

This old wooden funicular railway leads to a cemetery in the forest.

A whimsical art tower at a Bavarian brewery includes a grotto for its mythical beer-brewing dwarves.

This historic little railroad runs through some of the most beautiful scenery in Germany.

This historic funicular system combines the old with the new while offering delightful views over the surrounding valley.

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

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

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

This museum tells the story of lake dwellers from 4000 BC to 850 BC, replete with stilt houses and goats.

This 600-year-old home seems to defy physics.

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

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 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.

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.

When the rain falls, this drain system turns into a musical instrument.