The first (but not only) upside-down house in Germany.

A wunderkammer of exoticism immortalized by Tom Waits.

Golden cobblestones remember a time when this small alley was used to avoid having to give a Nazi salute.

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

The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.

What started as a tongue-in-cheek shrine is now a full-blown museum celebrating "The Hoff" and his longtime love affair with Berlin.

Skeletons dressed in extravagant 18th century royal costumes cavort in the aisles of this German basilica.

This gateway to subterranean Hanover plays jazz, pop and rock to surprised passersby.

Deep in the forest next to Augsburg are abandoned bunkers and bullet traps from the region's military past.

What appears to be an ordinary bridge is actually a rare aqueduct.

In the city forest of Augsburg are oval, artificial ponds formed from a World War II bombing campaign.

One of the oldest student jails in Germany.

A collection of 4,000 thimbles that's more versatile than one might imagine.

According to legend a man pooped out the window of this tower to prove that it was straight.

A unique bridge with an equally unique view.

The taxidermy remains of the first brown bear to enter Germany in 170 years.

A small concrete monument remembers a German cold case involving incest, farm tools, and psychics.

A spitting ode to a German serial killer.

Oddly enough, a pair of Wolfs funded the construction of this Little Red Riding Hood sculpture.

The final resting place of the famed German pilot, the "Red Baron."

Every hour the doors open to reenact the legend of the heroic mayor who saved his town by drinking a gallon of wine.

A series of haunting wooden totems are hidden in the woods surrounding a German environmental center.

Twisted trees shaped by coastal winds make this woodland look like something from a spooky story.

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