This historic funicular system combines the old with the new while offering delightful views over the surrounding valley.

Sitting in the basement of a castle, the largest wine barrel in the world is bigger than most apartments.

This Nazi-built amphitheater was constructed on a sacred mountain site used by various German cults.

Carved fountains poignantly placed in parks and in front of special monuments.

Fantastic views and thousands of love locks.

This German fountain of a legendary apple wine-loving drink thief will spit on you.

The world's only silo that was topped by two revolving restaurants has unfortunately been demolished.

A rare water-powered funicular, it uses a huge tank of water and gravity to do its work.

World's only telecommunication tower with a wooden pinnacle.

Germany's tiniest institution of education.

The sweet story of how American cargo planes became known as "Candy Bombers" during the Berlin Blockade.

1898 German railroad depot museum with working engines, steam train excursions, and hands-on displays.

A German apartment building hosting as many trees as human occupants.

A former Nazi lookout tower with a magnificent view of the Rhineland.

The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.

The oldest Jewish cemetery in Europe survived Hitler's Germany.

World's largest barrel containing an inn.

Legendary site where an evil bishop was devoured by rodents.

An expansive complex of subterranean tunnels is all that remains of one of Europe's most formidable medieval fortresses.

The last bastion of Roman presence north of the Alps looms over a German town.

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

A tiny chapel clings to a precipice above Germany’s gemstone capital.

A former ironworks that was the first UNESCO industrial site.

A Faraday Cage protects cars from a nearby high-power transmitter.