Soaring over 6,000 feet in the Bavarian Alps, this beer garden was once Hitler's 50th birthday present.

This mysterious cross appeared on a farmer's lawn in 1972 and has been attracting pilgrims ever since.

Visitors dip into a variety of pools of what was once ice.

This small Bavarian graveyard is filled with empty graves for German soldiers lost during the World Wars.

Trick water gardens from 1619 featuring a 200 piece mechanical theater powered by water.

A typical crusty old museum this isn't.

The world's tallest church tower reveals a spectacular view to anyone up to the task of climbing the daunting staircase.

A small marionette collection located within the dark cellars of an 11th-century Austrian castle.

This 19th century cyclorama acts like an analogue time machine to a different era.

The medieval network of canals hidden underneath the city is opened to explorers each year.

The beautiful, ornate weather station is the most popular geocache in Salzburg.

Terrifically morbid cemetary and site of famous Paracelsus' grave.

The amazing wonder cabinets of a very rich Austrian archbishop.

Mozart's skull may be held in this collection, but definitive proof continues to elude scientists.

Ugly 18th-century dwarf statues living in a perfectly landscaped Austrian garden.

A meteorite-bounded town in Bavaria.

Bring out your dead (saints that have been festooned and bejeweled, so that we can parade them around the town)!

Archduke Ferdinand II's collection of rare objects is considered one of the oldest museums in the world.

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

This splendid tomb may look fantastic, but there's nothing in it...

Part ski resort, part modern art space, this lodge brings giant metal spiders and bloody doors to the Austrian Alps.

American soldiers discovered Europe's best one-liner at the end of World War II.

Held in an old church, this clockwork museum maintains a special focus on titanic tower timepieces.

Celebrating the Eucharist, the day is a legal holiday in many parts of Germany.