Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.

Hidden in plain sight on a gable between two towers on the roof of shipping firm F. Laeisz' headquarter in Hamburg sits an unexpected bronze sculpture.

This medieval cathedral houses stained-glass windows featuring saints and pretzels.

Oddly enough, a pair of Wolfs funded the construction of this Little Red Riding Hood sculpture.

These paved rills bring freshwater into Altstadt and could spell wedding bells for whoever stumbles into the waters.

A stonemason's hilarious revenge came in the form of this peculiarly positioned gargoyle.

Art installations, derelict railcars, and endangered grasshoppers all call this south Berlin park home.

This beautiful 19th-century temple stands atop the ruins of its predecessor.

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

A Black Forest cuckoo clock theme park features one timepiece big enough to walk inside.

This enchanting mountain plateau celebrates spooky local folklore.

Striking occult iconography on a medieval German church.

You haven’t properly toured a winery until you’ve slept in an actual wine barrel.

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

This Berlin island is home to a flock of free-roaming peacocks, as well as a historic ivory folly.

The largest bell in the world has been swinging high above a Cologne cathedral for almost a century.

Taste freshly foraged yarrow and black locust blossoms at this ambitious cocktail bar.

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

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

Started as a kitchen garden, now the second largest botanical garden in the world.

The fairy tale castle of the "fairy-tale king."

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

A tour of underground Berlin takes you through WWII air raid shelters and tunnels used to smuggle people out of East Germany.