This functioning parish church is also the site of many concert performances due to its wonderful acoustics.

The world's northernmost aquarium looks like it has fallen over.

The world's most charming instant portrait studio also happens to be its smallest.

The great polar explorer is remembered in this far northern town, where he embarked on his final expedition.

Stay overnight in the world's most sleekly designed rabbit hole, free of charge.

One of the most breathtaking railways in Europe also takes one of the steepest climbs, from fjord to mountain plateau.

Among the ostentatious rococo ornamentation of this church, an image of death cuts the life-thread.

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

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

In a small churchyard in Dingolfing, Germany the quaint Schusterkapelle is there to remind you of your imminent mortality.

These blingy, baubled skeletons lie in glass boxes inside a baroque Bavarian church.

A century-long search for a church that was never there.

A collection of artworks exclusively created by the mentally ill that was almost burned by Nazi culture police.

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

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

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

Sausages, schnitzel, and weiners.

A typical crusty old museum this isn't.

This Nazi-built amphitheater was constructed on a sacred mountain site used by various German cults.

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

An intricate and amazing house built by architect Karl Junker.

Remnants of a cone-shaped Nazi bomb shelter.

Giant wind turbine with observation deck at the very top.

Oberweissbacher Bergbahn - a broad-gauged cable car capable transfering railcars.