Concerts, art, offices, and a café in what used to be Berlin's first crematorium.

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

Metro station with a claim to rock n' roll fame.

Puppet theater and museum holding a collection of more than 300.

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

It's always summer at the beach inside this former airship hangar.

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

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

Ruins of a German Castle on top of a towering stone pillar.

This Dresden church was purposely rebuilt Protestant after being demolished in World War II.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

An eerie, existential museum dedicated to the author of "The Metamorphosis."

Beloved children's TV characters freckle the German city's streets.

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

Each year, Germany's "City of Dragons" slays the world's largest walking robot.

A man-made slag heap that you can "ski" down, and is home to the world sandboarding championships.

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

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

It's good luck to be mocked by this monkey.

A serious museum dedicated to two German comedians.

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

A subterranean display of public art and architecture.

Go surfing on this urban wave, "hacked" by local surfers.

A stairway to heaven, or to nowhere at all.