Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.

An enormous illuminated figure dances on the Las Vegas strip.

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

As can be expected from a centuries old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.

Is this statue at Naumberg Cathedral the fairest of them all?

One of the largest legal spray spots in Hamburg.

The final resting place of the famed German pilot, the "Red Baron."

The unusually large seat sits atop the base of a ruined temple.

Small museum dedicated to one of the founding fathers of modern astronautics.

This German museum devoted to the simple wonders of salt is actually built over an old saltworks.

This proud Teutonic warrior rises out of a German forest heralding a victory and measuring lightning.

A simple tribute to the microscopic arachnid that gives its juices and its life to help make a speciality German cheese.

For centuries, Germans have been dancing in trees.

A Neolithic celestial calendar standing in a nondescript wheat field.

These tenacious 14th-century towers defied demolition and are now a fairytale vacation rental.

This tribute to the 16th-century composer is now an unusual shrine to Michael Jackson.

This 18th-century folly is one of Europe's rare "garden mosques."

This outdoor library provides around-the-clock access to around 7,000 books.

Obscured within a ring of trees, this abandoned World War II relic hides on a German hillside.

World's largest barrel containing an inn.

At one of Berlin’s oldest churches, visitors can place mosaic tiles to help restore a medieval mural.

This strategic isle was once swapped between empires and almost entirely destroyed in a bomb explosion.

The "feral child" who appeared in Bavaria in the 19th century remains as much a mystery as his unsolved murder.

The telescope that discovered Neptune.