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

The world's largest collection of fine-scale miniatures and one the nation's largest collections of antique toys.

More tin toys than you can shake a clapping monkey at.

A toy store with a century-long history preserves the craftsmanship of playthings of the past.

Gigantic private toy museum featuring among finest collections of antique mechanical banks in existence.

A vintage video game wonderland in downtown Reykjavik.

The world's only museum devoted solely to the art and collection of action figures.

Only museum in the world devoted to bookbinding and book arts holds a permanent collection representing five centuries.

This German art chapel is perfect for those who like their worship hard, modern, and utterly alien.

This temple to the sturm and drang of Richard Wagner contains a dragon's cave and reptile zoo full of living "dragons."

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

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

A surreal museum of extraordinary industrial objects.

This intricate Hindu temple is the largest of its kind outside of India itself and was constructed like a giant puzzle.

Wild lights and sound effects turn a walk through some caves into an eye-popping 1960s tourist attraction.

The largest pool at its elevation sits on top of one of the most expensive resorts in the world.

A museum dedicated to a Cold War era sausage.

A quaint Russian village in the middle of a German metropolis.

A collection of abandoned typographic signs from Berlin and beyond.

Started as a kitchen garden, now the second largest botanical garden in the world.

A slice of central Asia in the middle of Berlin.

Puppet theater and museum holding a collection of more than 300.

What started as a tongue-in-cheek shrine is now a full-blown museum celebrating "The Hoff" and his longtime love affair with Berlin.

A wunderkammer of mysterious objects and stories.