A magnificent collection of imperial armor and weaponry.

This classic restaurant features a gorgeous mirror-clad room.

This fountain of a little boy that spits on passersby at erratic intervals is a town icon.

Legendary site where an evil bishop was devoured by rodents.

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

This East German military command bunker was ready for World War III.

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

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

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

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

These former Nazi anti-aircraft towers offer a singular view of the north of Berlin in the summer, and a sanctuary for bats in winter.

A rare example of a German cemetery with traditional grave markers dating back several generations.

This magnificent museum claims to house the cranium of a disciple and the skull of a pope.

Berlin's beloved bear is immortalized at the Museum für Naturkunde.

A tiny island is connected to the mainland by a private railway that residents travel in their own personal wagons.

The birthplace of Karl Marx is now a museum dedicated to the communist revolutionary's life and work.

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

The prison where Hitler wrote "Mein Kampf," and 278 Nazis were later executed for war crimes.

Constantly maintained, this organ is playing a six-century long composition by John Cage.

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

There are two dozen tanks just sitting in an open field in Lower Saxony.

This 8th-century Bavarian monastery is home to an exquisite Baroque-era library.

A small man-controlled waterfall powers an Art Nouveau elevator and is accessed via narrow gauge, solar-powered tramway.

The resting place of 18th century German mummies.