An ancient pagan site swirling with legends in the foothills of Franconian Switzerland.

Shimmering sea-colored mosaics and Jesus statues cover this opulent building.

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

The medieval institution is home to the precious treasure stolen in World War II in one of the greatest art thefts of the 20th century.

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

The architect of this fanciful complex called it an "oasis for humanity and nature in a sea of rational houses."

Retirement home for giant obsolete machines.

A strange rock formation with numerous legends trying to explain it.

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

A former ironworks that was the first UNESCO industrial site.

Goethe's "Faust" was inspired by these rock formations known as the "Devil's Pulpit" and "Witches' Altar."

Remnants of an exploded schooner and wrecked submarines form a breakwater.

This museum tells the story of lake dwellers from 4000 BC to 850 BC, replete with stilt houses and goats.

This ancient ruined monastery has been destroyed by fire so many times that it seems like God hates it.

This 600-year-old home seems to defy physics.

The industrial monstrosity known as Bagger 258 is a colossal mining machine built in the DDR - but now left for dead in a German field.

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

These 18th century gardens tell a rocky story of the son of Odysseus.

This unique Renaissance castle was turned into a home for Nazi occultism.

A long spiraling walkway winds through the woods, and around a copper beech tree at the center.

Between Neo-Pagans and Neo-Nazis, these strange rock formations have a curious cult following and a very strange history.

A small but immensely extravagant palace built by the "Night King."

This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.

Ruins of a German Castle on top of a towering stone pillar.