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

A Neolithic burial site erected around 3000 BC.

The metal-free wooden towers of Brück.

This German museum devoted to the simple wonders of salt is actually built over an old saltworks.

Germany's last remaining Lenin statue has become a lightning rod of debate about the country's divided past.

The sweet story of how American cargo planes became known as "Candy Bombers" during the Berlin Blockade.

A serious museum dedicated to two German comedians.

A remarkable two-country morph, this town is part of Germany legally but is by all other measures Swiss.

The oldest trees in Northern Germany.

Germany has its very own Centralia, whose spark remains attributed to "spontaneous combustion."

Someone loved this song enough to carve all of its lyrics onto a tree trunk in a Berlin park.

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

A two-inch thick solid brass rod that extends an astounding one kilometer straight into the earth.

This Rococo church is known as the most beautiful village church in the world, and does not disappoint.

A man-made slag heap that you can "ski" down, and is home to the world sandboarding championships.

Medieval ruins on a tiny island amid a flooded lake offer romantic respite to lovers seeking privacy.

This proud Teutonic warrior rises out of a German forest heralding a victory and measuring lightning.

A whimsical art tower at a Bavarian brewery includes a grotto for its mythical beer-brewing dwarves.

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

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

This monument to those fallen in the World Wars is accompanied by a U-boat that Germany bought for a Deutsche Mark.

The only remaining U-boat that is still floating never actually saw any action in World War II.

A century-old shot ball factory tower is open to the public once a year.

A steam powered train that runs on city streets.