When German-Iraqi relations broke down, this embassy was vacated post haste.

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

The walls of Germany's Parliament still show the scars of the Red Army takeover in World War II.

Among the ostentatious rococo ornamentation of this church, an image of death cuts the life-thread.

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

An elevator into the Baltic Sea.

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

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

The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.

Home to 10,000 medical specimens including the remains of Rudolf Virchow's extensive collection of pathological specimens.

A church filled with the bones of hundreds of virgins martyrs—or so they say.

An intricate and amazing house built by architect Karl Junker.

Gardens representing parts of Asia, Europe, and the Mid East are tucked away among the Soviet-style buildings in East Berlin.

A striking 12th-century-style castle built on the edge of a cliff.

Skeletons dressed in extravagant 18th century royal costumes cavort in the aisles of this German basilica.

A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.

The many—66 to be exact—faces of the German forest.

Crop circles inspired this whimsical garden in Germany.

Each year, Germany's "City of Dragons" slays the world's largest walking robot.

Germany's Glienicke Bridge has a shady history of clandestine meetings, espionage, and spycraft.

Take a stroll through the hellish grotesques of Hieronymus Bosch in this elaborate Netherlands church.

This centuries-old gothic monster has been converted into a sprawling, glossy bookstore.

Hidden within a Netherlands crater is a stone bed that lets those who lie in it see the sky as a curved surface.

Oldest Museum of the Netherlands is a true cabinet of curiosities.