This ornate Weser Renaissance house was also the home of an infamous witch hunter.

Inside this German disco, visitors can take a literal ride on the dance floor.

This natural "sea of stones" was once used by the Romans as a quarry.

This small town in Germany was once a center of peppermint production, and has the museum to prove it.

The body of at least one victim of a construction accident was left behind in the collapsed pylon, buried under tons of concrete.

A surprisingly detailed model of one of the most powerful telescopes in the world.

Be it nature, art, or abandoned military architecture this eclectic German "museum" has you covered.

At one of Berlin’s oldest churches, visitors can place mosaic tiles to help restore a medieval mural.

A delightful but little-known public observatory and planetarium in Munich.

This German "living museum" is maybe a bit too immersive.

This fountain of a little boy that spits on passersby at erratic intervals is a town icon.

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

A modern museum dedicated to the fairytales and dictionary work of the Brothers Grimm.

This strange building looks like a medieval fortress crashed into a 1960s Brutalist office block.

This wooden hotel is a temple to German sustainability and forest conservation.

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

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

Four-story slides send people whizzing through the math department at this Munich university.

Shimmering sea-colored mosaics and Jesus statues cover this opulent building.

This old wooden funicular railway leads to a cemetery in the forest.

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

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

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.