This lovely little bridge hidden in a Switzerland gorge is essentially a fairytale.

The bizarre visions of H.R. Giger, tucked away in a Swiss medieval city.

A crumbling bakery where forced laborers from the nearby concentration camp toiled to feed their fellow prisoners and Nazi soldiers.

The 1936 Summer Olympics site is a crumbling remnant of sportsmanship and a history its host country would like to forget.

This airport currywurst stand is made out of retro airplane parts.

A wonderfully versatile natural history curio cabinet preserved since the 1840s.

This ornate Weser Renaissance house was also the home of an infamous witch hunter.

This fountain tucked away in a park is the focal point of the only "Green Basilica" in Germany.

This natural "sea of stones" was once used by the Romans as a quarry.

Whimsical wash tubs row down the stream as part of this Carnival celebration.

Now overgrown, these anti-tank barriers from World War II are sometimes called "dragon's teeth."

A century-long search for a church that was never there.

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

This German "living museum" is maybe a bit too immersive.

A memorial for a young woman and her ghost, which are claimed to have caused countless deathly shipwrecks.

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

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.

The real life town from the Pied Piper of Hamelin has a mechanical puppet show that retells the famous story many times a day.

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

Every hour the doors open to reenact the legend of the heroic mayor who saved his town by drinking a gallon of wine.

An abandoned train station in Munich constructed for the 1972 Olympic games.

A series of haunting wooden totems are hidden in the woods surrounding a German environmental center.

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