Twisted trees shaped by coastal winds make this woodland look like something from a spooky story.

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

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

The bells remain in a shattered heap exactly as they fell when the church was bombed in World War II.

Twelve sweet, nutty, life-sized statues are housed in this second-story shrine to almond paste.

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

Hamburg's first legal sex work is relegated to a gated street that still does not allow pedestrian women.

Hamburgers are intensely proud of their tunnel beneath the river.

Model Trains and Much More in Hamburg.

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

A curious cave church carved into the face of a cliff.

The only known mosaic depicting the Greek god of sleep, Hypnos.