The real life town from the Pied Piper of Hamelin has a mechanical puppet show that retells the famous story many times a day.

The Bauhaus-style former industrial complex is considered the world's most beautiful coal mine.

A kindergarten shaped like a cat with a tail that's a slide.

The scars of World War II are preserved on its walls.

An old tram depot transformed into a vintage car paradise.

The sweet story of how American cargo planes became known as "Candy Bombers" during the Berlin Blockade.

The small alleys in Lübeck's Old Town are a result of medieval urban sprawl.

From Ancient Rome to WWII, Neupfarrplatz has over 2,000 years of history underneath its main square.

From Nazi chemicals to the CIA, this architectural marvel has played a fascinating role in German history.

The abandoned mine where American troops discovered a treasure trove of art and artifacts hidden by the Nazis.

A former Nazi lookout tower with a magnificent view of the Rhineland.

Built to test magnetically levitated elevators, the tower also boasts Germany's highest visitor platform.

An old slaughterhouse now holds the largest collection of pig artifacts.

An abandoned train station in Munich constructed for the 1972 Olympic games.

This former Nazi castle was built as a school to train what would have been the future of the Third Reich.

After a nearly successful attempt on Hitler's life, the conspirators met their fate in the courtyard of this Berlin building.

A university observatory dome painted to resemble the beloved 'Star Wars' droid.

Crop circles inspired this whimsical garden in Germany.

Germany's Glienicke Bridge has a shady history of clandestine meetings, espionage, and spycraft.

A small square plaque marks a failed assassination attempt that could have changed history.

A subterranean display of public art and architecture.

This obscene artwork on the side of a newspaper office pokes fun at a rival paper's former editor-in-chief.

A preserved Nazi labor camp now has a Holocaust museum on site and memorials to the thousands that died while imprisoned at the camp.

There are two dozen tanks just sitting in an open field in Lower Saxony.