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

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

These blingy, baubled skeletons lie in glass boxes inside a baroque Bavarian church.

The prototype for all Nazi concentration camps.

Every hour the doors open to reenact the legend of the heroic mayor who saved his town by drinking a gallon of wine.

This 8th-century Bavarian monastery is home to an exquisite Baroque-era library.

This abandoned coliseum was intended to be a grand Nazi rallying ground before it was halted at the end of the war.

This riverside restaurant has been serving customers since 1146.

Money made from smuggling sugar helped create this wondrous rock maze in honor of the Prussian Queen Louise.

A man-made slag heap that you can "ski" down, and is home to the world sandboarding championships.

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