One of the oldest student jails in Germany.

This proud Teutonic warrior rises out of a German forest heralding a victory and measuring lightning.

Twelve sweet, nutty, life-sized statues are housed in this second-story shrine to almond paste.

For patriotic Russians, this memorial honoring the Soviet soldiers who died liberating Berlin in 1945 is the most sacred location outside of Russia.

Dedicated to the European Sinti and Roma peoples murdered during the Holocaust.

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

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

This massive statue is the personification of Bavaria and the first colossal statue of the modern period composed of bronze.

The site where a plot to assassinate Hitler was planned—and its conspirators were executed—is now a powerful memorial to the German resistance during World War II.

A preserved college lock-up that recalls a clubhouse approach to discipline.

Once a path for Jewish funeral processions, this unassuming alleyway is rich in local lore.

An exquisite panometer representing Dresden as it was from 1695 to 1760.

Tourists often confuse this beautifully ornate former cigarette factory for a mosque.

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

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

Dancing skeletal figures pay homage to a medieval mural destroyed during World War II.

Sitting in the basement of a castle, the largest wine barrel in the world is bigger than most apartments.

The small alleys in Lübeck's Old Town are a result of medieval urban sprawl.

An imperial church bombed to ruins during WWII now stands as a jagged memorial.

A statue honors the local legend that the devil helped build St. Mary's church after being tricked into thinking it was going to be a wine bar.

A museum honoring Germany’s cucumber mecca offers a great dill of gherkin history.

A memorial in the Tiergarten is a reminder of the suffering inflicted on homosexuals by the Nazi regime.

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

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