Skeletons dressed in extravagant 18th century royal costumes cavort in the aisles of this German basilica.

Ruins of a German Castle on top of a towering stone pillar.

This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.

The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.

The oldest trees in Northern Germany.

Retirement home for giant obsolete machines.

Created as a "model concentration camp" to hide Nazi atrocities from the international community, this former camp-ghetto now holds a museum and memorial honoring the lives lost within.

This natural history museum houses one of the world's largest rat kings, a terrifying jumble of tangled rodents.

An officers prison camp believed to be impregnable by the Germans saw over 30 successful escapes.

What was once an underground Nazi city is now Europe's largest bat reserve.

This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.

The ruins of an abandoned crematorium haunt an eerie deserted German cemetery.

The industrial monstrosity known as Bagger 258 is a colossal mining machine built in the DDR - but now left for dead in a German field.

This decommissioned nuclear power plant offers tours of its Communist-era control room and reactor hall.

Explore the complex ecology of this multifaceted nature preserve by riverboat.

In a divided Germany, Potsdam's "central" train station was relocated to the city's southern suburbs to avoid West Berlin.

The ruined remains of the airport Claus von Stauffenberg departed in his failed attempt to kill Adolf Hitler.

This bar and museum are devoted to the controversial comic book work of Kája Saudek.

Dedicated to the works of the legendary special effects artist.

One man's personal collection of KGB memorabilia is presented along with his strange viewpoint.

An eerie, existential museum dedicated to the author of "The Metamorphosis."

A 400-year-old mummified arm dangles from the ceiling of St. James the Greater, serving as a warning to thieves.

This doorless 20th-century elevator doesn't stop or slow down.

A collection of anatomical samples from one of the first anthropologists to suggest that humans reached North America by crossing the Bering Strait.