This ornate Weser Renaissance house was also the home of an infamous witch hunter.

After fleeing the Syrian civil war, chef Malakeh Jazmati began serving exceptional renditions of her homeland's cuisine in Berlin.

The remnants of a fictional Viking village film set now serve as an educational and historical hotspot.

Whimsical wash tubs row down the stream as part of this Carnival celebration.

Albert Einstein's head sticks out of a snail shell stacked on a rocket in this truly bizarre monument to the scientist.

One of the world's oldest fossil exhibits is on display in a beautiful antique "naturalienkabinett."

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

Obscured within a ring of trees, this abandoned World War II relic hides on a German hillside.

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

This decommissioned nuclear power plant offers tours of its Communist-era control room and reactor hall.

These paved rills bring freshwater into Altstadt and could spell wedding bells for whoever stumbles into the waters.

A graveyard and memorial chapel for victims of leprosy.

Centuries of warfare, tragedy, executions, and poetry come together in this 13th-century fortress.

This magnificent church allows travelers along one of Germany's busiest roadways a chance to rest and reflect.

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

A tiny basalt mountain with an observation tower overlooking the beautiful Bavarian countryside.

Hidden in the forest are the crumbling, graffiti-covered remains of the factory where most of Germany's explosives were produced during World War II.

A tilted half-timbered house from 1672 is built into a salvaged segment of a medieval wall.

A surprisingly detailed model of one of the most powerful telescopes in the world.

The natural mummy of the less than chivalrous Knight Kahlbutz.

From morgue to urn, watch the whole process at this unusual educational attraction.

These abandoned Cold War-era bunkers are now a designated refuge for endangered bat species.

A Neolithic celestial calendar standing in a nondescript wheat field.

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