Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

Terrifying derelict military hospital once housed a recuperating Hitler.

This historic stone bridge has an entire neighborhood clinging to its sides.

Living trees form the structure of an open-air palace.

The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.

A church filled with the bones of hundreds of virgins martyrs—or so they say.

From toys to kettles to scientific instruments, this German museum celebrates the beauty of 20th century design.

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

"The most colorful grottoes of the world.

This "floating railway" is one of the world's oldest monorail systems.

An intricate and amazing house built by architect Karl Junker.

When the rain falls, this drain system turns into a musical instrument.

Skeletons dressed in extravagant 18th century royal costumes cavort in the aisles of this German basilica.

A striking 12th-century-style castle built on the edge of a cliff.

Berlin's natural history museum houses the world's largest mounted dinosaur and the late beloved polar bear Knut.

A sprawling Baroque park with 300-year-old hydro-pneumatic waterworks.

This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.

Ruins of a German Castle on top of a towering stone pillar.

The fairy tale castle of the "fairy-tale king."

This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.

This former Texas landfill is flush with 300 million-year-old fossils, all fit for the taking.

An odd little fishing town that is inundated by tourists looking to be locked up in a cage and surrounded by great white sharks, because why not?

An elevator into the Baltic Sea.

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.