This strange sculpture depicts a giant nightmare hare crushing a man to death beneath its colossal bulk.

The largest bell in the world has been swinging high above a Cologne cathedral for almost a century.

Thousands of tourists and residents in Cologne affix "love padlocks" on the Hohenzollernbrücke Bridge to symbolize their affections.

A ruined castle stands atop a hill surrounded by dragon lore.

Centuries of warfare, tragedy, executions, and poetry come together in this 13th-century fortress.

Tiny castle in the middle of the Rhine made you pay to pass.

Legendary site where an evil bishop was devoured by rodents.

This massive statue is the personification of Bavaria and the first colossal statue of the modern period composed of bronze.

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

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

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

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

A museum specifically dedicated to the Trabant, one of the iconic automobiles of the GDR.

Cold war icon and onetime "hole" in the iron curtain.

One of downtown Berlin's last reminders of its Communist past.

The site of the famous Nazi book burning campaign of 1933 remembers its "Night of Shame".

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

The bunker where Hitler took his own life is hidden under this deliberately ordinary parking lot.

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

Where once there was a train station bathroom, there is now this German burger joint.

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.

A former Canadian Pacific Railway station turned liquor store, the first and only station in Canada visited by British royalty.

An abandoned 1970s theme park that has been turned into a space for waterfront walking.