What almost started out as a spite house became an eccentric's found object masterpiece.

This micro-nation may be some sort of prank, but its constitution sure seems official.

Ever-growing collection of devils in art.

Sculpture garden of religious statues made it through Soviet rule.

These jeweled relics have a scandalous and contested past.

The natural mummy of the less than chivalrous Knight Kahlbutz.

The name doubles as an appropriate adjective for this small ossuary.

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

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

The many—66 to be exact—faces of the German forest.

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

Crop circles inspired this whimsical garden in Germany.

It's good luck to be mocked by this monkey.

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

The resting place of 18th century German mummies.

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.

An ornate century-old elevator still connects the two halves of Bad Schandau.

A wunderkammer of exoticism immortalized by Tom Waits.

This lurid German fountain plots the sad course of marriage from dating to death.

The ruined remains of the airport Claus von Stauffenberg departed in his failed attempt to kill Adolf Hitler.

You haven’t properly toured a winery until you’ve slept in an actual wine barrel.

Horrifically creative torture devices and shame punishments line the walls of this chilling museum.

Ample proof that watery ends make for well-preserved, millenia-old mummies.

Bursting forth from a historic German neighborhood, these day-glo palaces are now a bright fixture in the town.