Before he was forced to flee the country under Nazi rule, Albert Einstein spent his summers in this custom-built lakeside house near Berlin.

An abstract and eyecatching clock/fountain is the centerpiece of this little-known German city.

Stuffed people arranged in unsettling scenes give a voyeuristic glimpse of life within a historic old hotel.

A collection of decorative eggs to admire in the off-season.

This poignant tribute to the White Rose movement showcases artifacts related to the heroic anti-Nazi struggle.

An extraordinary mechanical calculator designed by the mathematician and philosopher Gottfried Leibniz.

This small gallery nestled inside an old botanical glasshouse is a quiet place to enjoy art and nature.

This German museum devoted to the simple wonders of salt is actually built over an old saltworks.

Opulent period costumes and murals lead you on a journey through fashion history.

This small town in Germany was once a center of peppermint production, and has the museum to prove it.

This museum is home to a sugar sculpture of the Berlin Airlift Memorial.

An homage to the humble watering can.

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 tremendous timepiece was once the largest cuckoo clock in the world.

During World War II, the Nazis repurposed this beer cellar to store stolen artwork.

Over 12,000 hygiene oriented objects and exhibits.

One of the largest legal spray spots in Hamburg.

One of the most iconic neon ads of former East Germany.

This monumental work of art symbolizes the coming together of a previously divided city.

This German "living museum" is maybe a bit too immersive.

This airport currywurst stand is made out of retro airplane parts.

A typical crusty old museum this isn't.

This dockworkers' lunch joint has been left leaning by a century of storm floods.

A memorial for a young woman and her ghost, which are claimed to have caused countless deathly shipwrecks.