Every half hour the eye-rolling clock face sticks out its tongue to mock the good citizens of Koblenz.

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

A rare water-powered funicular, it uses a huge tank of water and gravity to do its work.

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

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

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

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

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

The many—66 to be exact—faces of the German forest.

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

The medieval institution is home to the precious treasure stolen in World War II in one of the greatest art thefts of the 20th century.

Solar observatory doubles as a daring display of Expressionist architecture, much to Einstein's chagrin.

Twisted buildings adorn the banks of the Rhine river.

The world's most delightful not-NOT-religion welcomes visitors to the town of Templin, just like its more stoic peers.

The world's tallest church tower reveals a spectacular view to anyone up to the task of climbing the daunting staircase.

A meteorite-bounded town in Bavaria.

When a medieval fire claimed the original St. Stephen’s Cathedral, it sparked a pattern of unquenchable organ building.

This abandoned coliseum was intended to be a grand Nazi rallying ground before it was halted at the end of the war.

Thousands of flowers create enchanting pink tunnels over the city streets.

In this truly magical place, rent hasn't been raised since the year 1520.

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

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

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 quaint Russian village in the middle of a German metropolis.