A beautiful collection of taxidermy birds and rare pomological wax models.

This bakery and museum offers tours of the tastes and mythology of Aachen's signature spice biscuit—just don't ask for the recipe.

A delightful but little-known public observatory and planetarium in Munich.

These jeweled relics have a scandalous and contested past.

Be it nature, art, or abandoned military architecture this eclectic German "museum" has you covered.

This sprawling Jewish cemetery is one of the largest in Europe.

The last remnants of a massive medieval wall that once encompassed the city of Berlin.

A Neolithic burial site erected around 3000 BC.

Take a walk in a recreation of ancient Rome.

Giant wind turbine with observation deck at the very top.

These beautiful objects represent beautiful ideas.

Dancing skeletal figures pay homage to a medieval mural destroyed during World War II.

This fountain of a little boy that spits on passersby at erratic intervals is a town icon.

A preserved college lock-up that recalls a clubhouse approach to discipline.

A varied collection of brains in alcohol.

An exquisite panometer representing Dresden as it was from 1695 to 1760.

Tiny castle in the middle of the Rhine made you pay to pass.

Böttcherstraße's bells, extolling Nordic virtues and the great conquerors of the world.

According to a satirical conspiracy theory that persists today, this German city of 300,000 is a hoax invented by the CIA.

Fantastic views and thousands of love locks.

In this brilliant blue spring in Germany, legend has it that a sad mermaid learned to finally laugh.

This massive steel pyramid can be entered by a set of jagged steps that let visitors stand in its heart.

An officers prison camp believed to be impregnable by the Germans saw over 30 successful escapes.

A subterranean display of public art and architecture.