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

Dancing skeletal figures pay homage to a medieval mural destroyed during World War II.

The small alleys in Lübeck's Old Town are a result of medieval urban sprawl.

A stunning two-story timepiece within a medieval Brick Gothic church.

A statue honors the local legend that the devil helped build St. Mary's church after being tricked into thinking it was going to be a wine bar.

A spitting ode to a German serial killer.

Constructed by forced laborers, this submarine pen is now a museum and war memorial.

A stunning gilt bronze relief denounced by Hitler as "degenerate art"—even though it was dedicated to the Nazi leader.

One room inside this building mesmerizes all with its parabolic dome.

Eight naturally mummified bodies in glass coffins are housed in an underground crypt.

The only microgravity tower in Europe can produce nine seconds of weightlessness.

Böttcherstraße's bells, extolling Nordic virtues and the great conquerors of the world.

One of the oldest wine cellars in Germany is now a restaurant beneath Bremen's town hall.

Hidden in plain sight on a gable between two towers on the roof of shipping firm F. Laeisz' headquarter in Hamburg sits an unexpected bronze sculpture.

This contentious squat has stood through fire, violence, and government intervention as a hotbed of leftist protest.

This dockworkers' lunch joint has been left leaning by a century of storm floods.

Once the tallest building in the world, this abandoned church is now a monument to the destruction of WWII.

Hamburgers are intensely proud of their tunnel beneath the river.

This Berlin island is home to a flock of free-roaming peacocks, as well as a historic ivory folly.

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

A museum dedicated to the history of a terrifying secret police is now held in their former headquarters.

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

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

From Iggy Pop to David Bowie to Nick Cave, this regal music studio has served some of the all time greats.