This baroque palace displays an impressive collection of taxidermy, art, and rare objects from the days of courtly hunting.

A peculiar trapezoidal building covered with wonderful humorous reliefs.

A monument to the "father of modern warfare" Gustav II Adolf.

Whimsical wash tubs row down the stream as part of this Carnival celebration.

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

Bring out your dead (saints that have been festooned and bejeweled, so that we can parade them around the town)!

These abandoned Cold War-era bunkers are now a designated refuge for endangered bat species.

For centuries, Germans have been dancing in trees.

A stonemason's hilarious revenge came in the form of this peculiarly positioned gargoyle.

A remarkable two-country morph, this town is part of Germany legally but is by all other measures Swiss.

The last Tsar of Russia constructed this private church just so he could attend services when visiting his wife's hometown.

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

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

The jaw of one of humankind's earliest ancestors on display at an overlooked geology museum.

This famed marionette theater and museum is bursting with imaginative string puppets.

A Neolithic celestial calendar standing in a nondescript wheat field.

Medieval ruins on a tiny island amid a flooded lake offer romantic respite to lovers seeking privacy.

A ruined castle stands atop a hill surrounded by dragon lore.

Amöneburg is a town perched on top of a basalt mountain in the middle of an ancient meteor crater.

The telescope that discovered Neptune.

These tenacious 14th-century towers defied demolition and are now a fairytale vacation rental.

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

This outdoor library provides around-the-clock access to around 7,000 books.

This strategic isle was once swapped between empires and almost entirely destroyed in a bomb explosion.