This viaduct serves as a reminder of World War II.

One of the last remaining railway viaducts equipped with a transporter ferry.

This stone amphitheater was once part of Nazi Germany's plan to promote propaganda.

This cheeky statue of a man defecating gold coins graces the facade of a medieval guildhall.

These tenacious 14th-century towers defied demolition and are now a fairytale vacation rental.

Oberweissbacher Bergbahn - a broad-gauged cable car capable transfering railcars.

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

This strategic isle was once swapped between empires and almost entirely destroyed in a bomb explosion.

The body of at least one victim of a construction accident was left behind in the collapsed pylon, buried under tons of concrete.

An officers prison camp believed to be impregnable by the Germans saw over 30 successful escapes.

Giant wind turbine with observation deck at the very top.

A rare water-powered funicular, it uses a huge tank of water and gravity to do its work.

This historic little railroad runs through some of the most beautiful scenery in Germany.

A tiny chapel clings to a precipice above Germany’s gemstone capital.

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

A preserved Nazi labor camp now has a Holocaust museum on site and memorials to the thousands that died while imprisoned at the camp.

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.

The stones of this formerly witch-obsessed castle were used to build a church.

The largest brick bridge in the world.

An ornate century-old elevator still connects the two halves of Bad Schandau.

The history of German architecture is explored across this fairy-scale mini-city.

Thousands of flowers create enchanting pink tunnels over the city streets.

This painted Lego bridge is the product of over a century of locomotive history.

A former ironworks that was the first UNESCO industrial site.