This temple to the sturm and drang of Richard Wagner contains a dragon's cave and reptile zoo full of living "dragons."

In 1830, cemetery workers in Cham unearthed a chamber housing thousands of skeletal remains from the 13th century, which can still be viewed today.

Money made from smuggling sugar helped create this wondrous rock maze in honor of the Prussian Queen Louise.

Striking occult iconography on a medieval German church.

This German museum is devoted to all aspects of grave culture from headstones to coffins.

This ancient ruined monastery has been destroyed by fire so many times that it seems like God hates it.

A Black Forest cuckoo clock theme park features one timepiece big enough to walk inside.

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

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

This German bone house contains the remains of some 20,000 souls.

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

What was once thought to be a wellspring of unicorn bones is actually just a prehistoric burial site.

This unique Renaissance castle was turned into a home for Nazi occultism.

This German version of Universal Studios holds a vault of treasures from the NeverEnding Story.

Terrifying derelict military hospital once housed a recuperating Hitler.

Skeletons dressed in extravagant 18th century royal costumes cavort in the aisles of this German basilica.

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

Gardens representing parts of Asia, Europe, and the Mid East are tucked away among the Soviet-style buildings in East Berlin.

A striking 12th-century-style castle built on the edge of a cliff.

This Berlin island is home to a flock of free-roaming peacocks, as well as a historic ivory folly.

A sprawling Baroque park with 300-year-old hydro-pneumatic waterworks.

Art and a pun, all in one.

A narrow passage next to a cafe leads to a courtyard exploding with murals, tags, and paste-ups.

A state-of-the-art medical facility from the Imperial era is now a derelict ruin.