A varied collection of brains in alcohol.

The castle where Martin Luther secretly translated the New Testament from Greek to German while in hiding.

Hamburg's first legal sex work is relegated to a gated street that still does not allow pedestrian women.

Legendary site where an evil bishop was devoured by rodents.

The bells remain in a shattered heap exactly as they fell when the church was bombed in World War II.

This old wooden funicular railway leads to a cemetery in the forest.

Four-story slides send people whizzing through the math department at this Munich university.

The entrance to this Frankfurt subway station looks like an old tram car crashed into the concrete sidewalk.

The world's biggest pet store.

An old slaughterhouse now holds the largest collection of pig artifacts.

A museum dedicated to the silliest fruit.

The prison where Hitler wrote "Mein Kampf," and 278 Nazis were later executed for war crimes.

This magnificent museum claims to house the cranium of a disciple and the skull of a pope.

Eight naturally mummified bodies in glass coffins are housed in an underground crypt.

The birthplace of Karl Marx is now a museum dedicated to the communist revolutionary's life and work.

The abandoned mine where American troops discovered a treasure trove of art and artifacts hidden by the Nazis.

A statue honors the local legend that the devil helped build St. Mary's church after being tricked into thinking it was going to be a wine bar.

After a nearly successful attempt on Hitler's life, the conspirators met their fate in the courtyard of this Berlin building.

The resting place of 18th century German mummies.

This enchanting mountain plateau celebrates spooky local folklore.

Originally envisioned by King Ludwig II to rival Versailles, Herrenchiemsee's "New Palace" remains half-gilded for lack of funds.

A small square plaque marks a failed assassination attempt that could have changed history.

The ruins of an abandoned crematorium haunt an eerie deserted German cemetery.

A preserved Nazi labor camp now has a Holocaust museum on site and memorials to the thousands that died while imprisoned at the camp.