This airport currywurst stand is made out of retro airplane parts.

This beautiful 19th-century temple stands atop the ruins of its predecessor.

A delightful but little-known public observatory and planetarium in Munich.

An abandoned train station in Munich constructed for the 1972 Olympic games.

This century-old cinema house has a marquee that has been hand painted by a single man for over 25 years.

King Ludwig I's collection of beautiful women.

A subterranean display of public art and architecture.

One of the most easily accessible examples of the rare 1960s UFO houses.

Among the ostentatious rococo ornamentation of this church, an image of death cuts the life-thread.

Golden cobblestones remember a time when this small alley was used to avoid having to give a Nazi salute.

These bronze pamphlets remember a remarkable group of Germans who fearlessly opposed the Nazis in the very center of their power.

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

A stairway to heaven, or to nowhere at all.

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

Putting the "mod" in "modular" since 2000.

This open-air mosaic gallery honoring an English artist took hundreds of volunteers more than seven years to create.

What started as a way to address damp basement walls turned into a house filled with intricate hand-carved designs.

Taxidermied animals galore, by appointment only.

This museum inside a museum tells the story of London's timepieces.

Museum dedicated to the UK's first charity for abandoned children, with keepsakes of the mothers who left them behind.

This small collection of rare books was uniquely locked up for safe keeping.

Black cat statues guard this temple-like Egyptian revival factory.

A wonderfully eclectic Victorian aquarium lies in the basement of the Horniman Museum.

A museum wholly devoted to juvenescence.