A distinctive former power plant turned university lecture hall looks like it could make you breakfast.

Largest illuminated advertisement sign in the world.

One of the only spherical 19th century gas containers left today.

These brass bunnies honor the rabbits that dominated the no-man's-land around the Berlin Wall.

This German museum devoted to the simple wonders of salt is actually built over an old saltworks.

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

Germany's last remaining Lenin statue has become a lightning rod of debate about the country's divided past.

WWII rocket launchpad in rural Germany and site of operation backfire.

One of the most iconic neon ads of former East Germany.

This strategic isle was once swapped between empires and almost entirely destroyed in a bomb explosion.

The world's first and only three-segment bascule bridge folds up into the shape of a capital "N" to let boat traffic through.

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

An extraordinary mechanical calculator designed by the mathematician and philosopher Gottfried Leibniz.

This famed marionette theater and museum is bursting with imaginative string puppets.

On the highest peak in the Harz Mountains, science and the occult faced off in a failed attempt to turn a goat into a boy.

The "feral child" who appeared in Bavaria in the 19th century remains as much a mystery as his unsolved murder.

A beautiful collection of taxidermy birds and rare pomological wax models.

A tilted half-timbered house from 1672 is built into a salvaged segment of a medieval wall.

This small Bavarian graveyard is filled with empty graves for German soldiers lost during the World Wars.

The Goose Girl of Göttingen, Germany might well be the most kissed girl in the world.

A replica of the Liberty Bell rang daily from West Berlin's City Hall throughout the Cold War.

The monumental home of Prussia’s eccentric "Cannon King."

The only remaining U-boat that is still floating never actually saw any action in World War II.

The castle where Martin Luther secretly translated the New Testament from Greek to German while in hiding.