A former Nazi lookout tower with a magnificent view of the Rhineland.

Sitting in the basement of a castle, the largest wine barrel in the world is bigger than most apartments.

This historic funicular system combines the old with the new while offering delightful views over the surrounding valley.

After a nearly successful attempt on Hitler's life, the conspirators met their fate in the courtyard of this Berlin building.

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

King Ludwig I's collection of beautiful women.

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

Tiny memorials honor individual victims of the Holocaust.

This abandoned coliseum was intended to be a grand Nazi rallying ground before it was halted at the end of the war.

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

This water-tower-turned-high-end-apartment building was once the site of an early Nazi concentration camp.

These brass bunnies honor the rabbits that dominated the no-man's-land around the Berlin Wall.

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

These bronze pamphlets remember a remarkable group of Germans who fearlessly opposed the Nazis in the very center of their power.

Berlin's old airport.

A 12th-century fortress containing some of Berlin's oldest buildings.

From toys to kettles to scientific instruments, this German museum celebrates the beauty of 20th century design.

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

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

A wunderkammer of mysterious objects and stories.

Art and a pun, all in one.

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

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

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