The resting place of 18th century German mummies.

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

The world's biggest pet store.

A former Nazi lookout tower with a magnificent view of the Rhineland.

A small man-controlled waterfall powers an Art Nouveau elevator and is accessed via narrow gauge, solar-powered tramway.

A tiny island is connected to the mainland by a private railway that residents travel in their own personal wagons.

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

Eight naturally mummified bodies in glass coffins are housed in an underground crypt.

The largest bell in the world has been swinging high above a Cologne cathedral for almost a century.

This sprawling Jewish cemetery is one of the largest in Europe.

An ancient pagan site swirling with legends in the foothills of Franconian Switzerland.

Each year, Germany's "City of Dragons" slays the world's largest walking robot.

Originally envisioned by King Ludwig II to rival Versailles, Herrenchiemsee's "New Palace" remains half-gilded for lack of funds.

Walk inside a half mile long crevice right outside the town of Garmisch Partenkirchen.

As lake waters recede, a German village reemerges after more than a hundred years.

An engineering wonder at Pillnitz Castle protects a precious 230-year-old flowering shrub.

The 3,600-year-old archeological sensation is considered to be the oldest representation of the cosmos.

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

The home of the morbid art of corpse plastination is open for visitors to view the fascinating, but stomach-churning process.

This magnificent museum claims to house the cranium of a disciple and the skull of a pope.

Crop circles inspired this whimsical garden in Germany.

The stones of this formerly witch-obsessed castle were used to build a church.

A preserved Nazi labor camp now has a Holocaust museum on site and memorials to the thousands that died while imprisoned at the camp.

King Ludwig I's collection of beautiful women.