Golden cobblestones remember a time when this small alley was used to avoid having to give a Nazi salute.

This tribute to the 16th-century composer is now an unusual shrine to Michael Jackson.

The footprint of a frustrated devil in Munich's Cathedral.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

A fearsome dragon clings to a corner of Munich's city hall.

The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.

Housed in an old church, this hunting museum holds a collection of mythical bird-rabbit creatures.

Among the ostentatious rococo ornamentation of this church, an image of death cuts the life-thread.

The telescope that discovered Neptune.

A small square plaque marks a failed assassination attempt that could have changed history.

This beautiful 19th-century temple stands atop the ruins of its predecessor.

A stairway to heaven, or to nowhere at all.

King Ludwig I's collection of beautiful women.

The taxidermy remains of the first brown bear to enter Germany in 170 years.

A subterranean display of public art and architecture.

An abandoned train station in Munich constructed for the 1972 Olympic games.

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

The prototype for all Nazi concentration camps.

Walk inside a half mile long crevice right outside the town of Garmisch Partenkirchen.

A small but immensely extravagant palace built by the "Night King."

The fairy tale castle of the "fairy-tale king."

These paved rills bring freshwater into Altstadt and could spell wedding bells for whoever stumbles into the waters.

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

A Black Forest cuckoo clock theme park features one timepiece big enough to walk inside.