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

Enter the cabin of a life-sized Hindenburg replica.

This incredible stone temple is a monument to death, victory, and fantasy architecture.

Retirement home for giant obsolete machines.

The history of German architecture is explored across this fairy-scale mini-city.

Money made from smuggling sugar helped create this wondrous rock maze in honor of the Prussian Queen Louise.

A former ironworks that was the first UNESCO industrial site.

Hamburgers are intensely proud of their tunnel beneath the river.

One of the most easily accessible examples of the rare 1960s UFO houses.

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

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 museum tells the story of lake dwellers from 4000 BC to 850 BC, replete with stilt houses and goats.

The world's first clock to use set theory as a measure of time required the invention of a new light bulb just to maintain its obtuse measurements.

Berliners converted a bombed-out, disused lot into a community-run urban farm with its own cafe and bar.

Named after a militant urban guerilla, this famous former squat is a graffiti-covered stronghold of leftist culture.

This German version of Universal Studios holds a vault of treasures from the NeverEnding Story.

No need to strap in for a "ride" on this walkable roller coaster.

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

A long spiraling walkway winds through the woods, and around a copper beech tree at the center.

An intricate and amazing house built by architect Karl Junker.

When the rain falls, this drain system turns into a musical instrument.

This "floating railway" is one of the world's oldest monorail systems.

Berlin's natural history museum houses the world's largest mounted dinosaur and the late beloved polar bear Knut.

Gardens representing parts of Asia, Europe, and the Mid East are tucked away among the Soviet-style buildings in East Berlin.