The scars of World War II are preserved on its walls.

A unique collection of electric insulators on display in a former transformer station.

This outdoor library provides around-the-clock access to around 7,000 books.

Walk inside a half mile long crevice right outside the town of Garmisch Partenkirchen.

The zoological collection at the Hessisches Landesmuseum hosts some of the world's oldest habitat dioramas.

This stone amphitheater was once part of Nazi Germany's plan to promote propaganda.

Visitors can explore the role of mysticism throughout the ages inside this interactive museum of magic.

One of the largest busts in the world celebrates the German city's erstwhile namesake.

Home to the world’s oldest seismograph and a four-ton steel ball that makes its own earthquakes.

A Saxony castle houses one of the largest and most outstanding mineral collections in the world.

A horse statue that receives constant makeovers from graffiti artists and locals.

These tenacious 14th-century towers defied demolition and are now a fairytale vacation rental.

An extraordinary mechanical calculator designed by the mathematician and philosopher Gottfried Leibniz.

First museum dedicated to the research and history of Epilepsy.

This giant statue of a vulva became internationally famous after an American exchange student got stuck in it.

This strategic isle was once swapped between empires and almost entirely destroyed in a bomb explosion.

A surprisingly detailed model of one of the most powerful telescopes in the world.

A series of haunting wooden totems are hidden in the woods surrounding a German environmental center.

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

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

A tilted half-timbered house from 1672 is built into a salvaged segment of a medieval wall.

An officers prison camp believed to be impregnable by the Germans saw over 30 successful escapes.

The difficulty of getting a good night's sleep is an age-old affliction according to the one-of-a-kind Snoring Museum.

Behold, a collection dedicated to Germany's favorite vegetable.