These beautiful objects represent beautiful ideas.

A varied collection of brains in alcohol.

This peculiar museum offers hands-on interaction with seemingly intangible principles of mathematics.

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

A modern museum dedicated to the fairytales and dictionary work of the Brothers Grimm.

An ancient pagan site swirling with legends in the foothills of Franconian Switzerland.

As lake waters recede, a German village reemerges after more than a hundred years.

This historic little railroad runs through some of the most beautiful scenery in Germany.

This unique exhibit "Dialogue in the Dark" reverses roles as the visionless become guides and the sighted become ‘blind.’

The home of the morbid art of corpse plastination is open for visitors to view the fascinating, but stomach-churning process.

A collection of artworks exclusively created by the mentally ill that was almost burned by Nazi culture police.

This riverside restaurant has been serving customers since 1146.

The world's most delightful not-NOT-religion welcomes visitors to the town of Templin, just like its more stoic peers.

The world's tallest church tower reveals a spectacular view to anyone up to the task of climbing the daunting staircase.

This temple to the sturm and drang of Richard Wagner contains a dragon's cave and reptile zoo full of living "dragons."

When a medieval fire claimed the original St. Stephen’s Cathedral, it sparked a pattern of unquenchable organ building.

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

Wax models of disease and deformity are on display at this German medical museum.

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

Horrifically creative torture devices and shame punishments line the walls of this chilling museum.

In 1830, cemetery workers in Cham unearthed a chamber housing thousands of skeletal remains from the 13th century, which can still be viewed today.

An industrial relic is now one of Europe's most staggering art spaces.

Visitors can explore the role of mysticism throughout the ages inside this interactive museum of magic.

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