These abandoned Cold War-era bunkers are now a designated refuge for endangered bat species.

This platform is now a memorial dedicated to those who were deported during the Holocaust.

Constructed by forced laborers, this submarine pen is now a museum and war memorial.

One of the most iconic neon ads of former East Germany.

This monumental work of art symbolizes the coming together of a previously divided city.

A ruined castle stands atop a hill surrounded by dragon lore.

Remnants of a cone-shaped Nazi bomb shelter.

According to a satirical conspiracy theory that persists today, this German city of 300,000 is a hoax invented by the CIA.

A memorial for a young woman and her ghost, which are claimed to have caused countless deathly shipwrecks.

This strange building looks like a medieval fortress crashed into a 1960s Brutalist office block.

The only microgravity tower in Europe can produce nine seconds of weightlessness.

An officers prison camp believed to be impregnable by the Germans saw over 30 successful escapes.

The bells remain in a shattered heap exactly as they fell when the church was bombed in World War II.

The prison where Hitler wrote "Mein Kampf," and 278 Nazis were later executed for war crimes.

An amusement park on the grounds of an unused nuclear power plant, with a swing ride inside the cooling tower.

Originally envisioned by King Ludwig II to rival Versailles, Herrenchiemsee's "New Palace" remains half-gilded for lack of funds.

The birthplace of Karl Marx is now a museum dedicated to the communist revolutionary's life and work.

A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.

A towering monument to war, located on a beautifully peaceful hill.

This unique exhibit "Dialogue in the Dark" reverses roles as the visionless become guides and the sighted become ‘blind.’

An elegant chandelier hangs over this ancient sewer chamber, now open for concerts and public tours.

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

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

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