This contentious squat has stood through fire, violence, and government intervention as a hotbed of leftist protest.

A century-old shot ball factory tower is open to the public once a year.

A former Nazi lookout tower with a magnificent view of the Rhineland.

The world's biggest pet store.

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

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

Built to test magnetically levitated elevators, the tower also boasts Germany's highest visitor platform.

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

A tiny island is connected to the mainland by a private railway that residents travel in their own personal wagons.

An amusement park on the grounds of an unused nuclear power plant, with a swing ride inside the cooling tower.

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

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

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

This old wooden funicular railway leads to a cemetery in the forest.

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

Solar observatory doubles as a daring display of Expressionist architecture, much to Einstein's chagrin.

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

A university observatory dome painted to resemble the beloved 'Star Wars' droid.

This historic funicular system combines the old with the new while offering delightful views over the surrounding valley.

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

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

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

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

A fascinating little museum dedicated to the thousands of chemical substances concealed in our food.