Every hour the doors open to reenact the legend of the heroic mayor who saved his town by drinking a gallon of wine.

An engineering wonder at Pillnitz Castle protects a precious 230-year-old flowering shrub.

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

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

A museum honoring Germany’s cucumber mecca offers a great dill of gherkin history.

A rare example of a German cemetery with traditional grave markers dating back several generations.

This historic little railroad runs through some of the most beautiful scenery in Germany.

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

Eight naturally mummified bodies in glass coffins are housed in an underground crypt.

This magnificent museum claims to house the cranium of a disciple and the skull of a pope.

At this unusual park, domes, ladders, chairs, and more are made from trees.

The resting place of 18th century German mummies.

A small man-controlled waterfall powers an Art Nouveau elevator and is accessed via narrow gauge, solar-powered tramway.

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

An abandoned underground bathroom is now a space for public art.

Originally envisioned by King Ludwig II to rival Versailles, Herrenchiemsee's "New Palace" remains half-gilded for lack of funds.

The 3,600-year-old archeological sensation is considered to be the oldest representation of the cosmos.

As lake waters recede, a German village reemerges after more than a hundred years.

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

A small square plaque marks a failed assassination attempt that could have changed history.

A museum in the building where Nazi Germany signed its surrender tells the story of World War II from the Soviet perspective.

The stones of this formerly witch-obsessed castle were used to build a church.

Crop circles inspired this whimsical garden in Germany.

The home of the morbid art of corpse plastination is open for visitors to view the fascinating, but stomach-churning process.