A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

Silent memorial, using bone conduction to take people back to the Dresden Bombing of 1945.

During World War II, the Nazis repurposed this beer cellar to store stolen artwork.

The scars of World War II are preserved on its walls.

This sprawling Jewish cemetery is one of the largest in Europe.

This TV tower once secretly housed a GDR intelligence team.

Nestled on the banks of a river in Nuremberg is a small museum that was once home of the city's official executioner.

This historic toy museum brings a little whimsy to a city not usually remembered for such things.

This dockworkers' lunch joint has been left leaning by a century of storm floods.

A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.

A museum in the building where Nazi Germany signed its surrender tells the story of World War II from the Soviet perspective.

The castle where Martin Luther secretly translated the New Testament from Greek to German while in hiding.

Reminders of the Battle of Berlin still scar the railway.

This extremely narrow tenement boasts a maximum occupancy of just two.

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

From Ancient Rome to WWII, Neupfarrplatz has over 2,000 years of history underneath its main square.

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.

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.

It's good luck to be mocked by this monkey.

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

Originally envisioned by King Ludwig II to rival Versailles, Herrenchiemsee's "New Palace" remains half-gilded for lack of funds.

This riverside restaurant has been serving customers since 1146.