Striking occult iconography on a medieval German church.

One man's personal kunstkammer, museum and shop.

Retirement home for giant obsolete machines.

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

An industrial relic is now one of Europe's most staggering art spaces.

Remnants of an exploded schooner and wrecked submarines form a breakwater.

One of downtown Berlin's last reminders of its Communist past.

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.

From Iggy Pop to David Bowie to Nick Cave, this regal music studio has served some of the all time greats.

Once the tallest building in the world, this abandoned church is now a monument to the destruction of WWII.

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

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

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

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

An elevator into the Baltic Sea.

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

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

Floating swimming pool within a moored vessel.

No need to strap in for a "ride" on this walkable roller coaster.

Super-heavy Nazi architectural experiment.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

Blitzkrieg bop your way through Berlin's Ramones Museum.

Someone loved this song enough to carve all of its lyrics onto a tree trunk in a Berlin park.

Terrifying derelict military hospital once housed a recuperating Hitler.