Oddly enough, a pair of Wolfs funded the construction of this Little Red Riding Hood sculpture.

A stairway to heaven, or to nowhere at all.

King Ludwig I's collection of beautiful women.

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

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

A series of haunting wooden totems are hidden in the woods surrounding a German environmental center.

It's said the devil used this mushroom rock as a table for a late-night meal.

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

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

A meteorite-bounded town in Bavaria.

Explore this medieval cathedral by trying to spot all the malevolent monsters hiding in its beautifully colored windows.

This Rococo church is known as the most beautiful village church in the world, and does not disappoint.

This Nazi-built amphitheater was constructed on a sacred mountain site used by various German cults.

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

Albert Einstein's head sticks out of a snail shell stacked on a rocket in this truly bizarre monument to the scientist.

A typical crusty old museum this isn't.

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

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

This inconspicuous pharmacy went down in history as the first gas station in the world after fueling the first road trip ever taken.

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

A German town is growing a building out of trees.

This statue has a painful history, but activists have since recontextualized it as a way to educate visitors about the dangers posed by fascist regimes.

The Tübingen University anatomical collection hosts an example of an extremely rare medical phenomenon.

One of the world's oldest fossil exhibits is on display in a beautiful antique "naturalienkabinett."