A minotaur, a labyrinth, and a dubious restoration pull in visitors from around the world.

This legendary city has been a tourist attraction for centuries.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

Monasteries on rock pillars, once accessible only by frayed ropes.

Hidden in a secluded Greek cove is a pristine beach marred only by the rusting smuggler's hulk stranded on its shores.

The music is over at the Ballhaus Riviera Ballroom, but the ballroom remains in haunting disrepair.

This classic restaurant features a gorgeous mirror-clad room.

A famed artist's inspiring work of peace and tolerance.

Hidden in the forest are the crumbling, graffiti-covered remains of the factory where most of Germany's explosives were produced during World War II.

This cheeky statue of a man defecating gold coins graces the facade of a medieval guildhall.

Constructed by forced laborers, this submarine pen is now a museum and war memorial.

The final resting place of the famed German pilot, the "Red Baron."

A subterranean display of public art and architecture.

The prison where Hitler wrote "Mein Kampf," and 278 Nazis were later executed for war crimes.

A university observatory dome painted to resemble the beloved 'Star Wars' droid.

The resting place of 18th century German mummies.

This curious sculpture represents the perseverance needed to take to the skies.

There are two dozen tanks just sitting in an open field in Lower Saxony.

The last bastion of Roman presence north of the Alps looms over a German town.

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

Enter the cabin of a life-sized Hindenburg replica.

Executed in 1401, Exhumed in 1878, Stolen in 2010.

This 8th-century Bavarian monastery is home to an exquisite Baroque-era library.

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