A castle from the Holy Roman Empire that hosts traveling youth... in its stables.

A two-inch thick solid brass rod that extends an astounding one kilometer straight into the earth.

This German museum is devoted to all aspects of grave culture from headstones to coffins.

The world's first clock to use set theory as a measure of time required the invention of a new light bulb just to maintain its obtuse measurements.

This ancient ruined monastery has been destroyed by fire so many times that it seems like God hates it.

A long spiraling walkway winds through the woods, and around a copper beech tree at the center.

A German apartment building hosting as many trees as human occupants.

This German bone house contains the remains of some 20,000 souls.

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

This German version of Universal Studios holds a vault of treasures from the NeverEnding Story.

These 18th century gardens tell a rocky story of the son of Odysseus.

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

What was once thought to be a wellspring of unicorn bones is actually just a prehistoric burial site.

An elevator into the Baltic Sea.

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

A 12th-century fortress containing some of Berlin's oldest buildings.

The prototype for all Nazi concentration camps.

A unique Holocaust memorial tells the personal stories of the Jewish residents exiled from greater Berlin.

Between Neo-Pagans and Neo-Nazis, these strange rock formations have a curious cult following and a very strange history.

Terrifying derelict military hospital once housed a recuperating Hitler.

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

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

A church filled with the bones of hundreds of virgins martyrs—or so they say.

Home to 10,000 medical specimens including the remains of Rudolf Virchow's extensive collection of pathological specimens.