After fleeing the Syrian civil war, chef Malakeh Jazmati began serving exceptional renditions of her homeland's cuisine in Berlin.

A wonderfully versatile natural history curio cabinet preserved since the 1840s.

This baroque palace displays an impressive collection of taxidermy, art, and rare objects from the days of courtly hunting.

Stuffed people arranged in unsettling scenes give a voyeuristic glimpse of life within a historic old hotel.

It's said the devil used this mushroom rock as a table for a late-night meal.

A peculiar trapezoidal building covered with wonderful humorous reliefs.

This impressive castle looms over small German town.

A triumphal steel arch on the side of a German mountain.

Inside this unique festival hall, a slide leads guests down to a subterranean watering hole.

A unique, free-floating electric ferry may be the only of its kind in Europe.

A city's controversial tribute to its founder depicts townspeople flashing their bare behinds.

A museum that chronicles the history of the Nuremberg Trials for Nazi war criminals in the building where the trials were once held.

A collection of 4,000 thimbles that's more versatile than one might imagine.

The remnants of a fictional Viking village film set now serve as an educational and historical hotspot.

According to legend a man pooped out the window of this tower to prove that it was straight.

A historic casino where Dostoyevsky is said to have lost it all on a single spin of the roulette wheel.

This cheeky statue of a man defecating gold coins graces the facade of a medieval guildhall.

A remarkable two-country morph, this town is part of Germany legally but is by all other measures Swiss.

Bring out your dead (saints that have been festooned and bejeweled, so that we can parade them around the town)!

Whimsical wash tubs row down the stream as part of this Carnival celebration.

World's largest barrel containing an inn.

One of the world's oldest fossil exhibits is on display in a beautiful antique "naturalienkabinett."

Sausages, schnitzel, and weiners.

Twelve sweet, nutty, life-sized statues are housed in this second-story shrine to almond paste.