This bridge made famous in a novel and on-screen wasn't actually built over the river Kwai.

Peek into the world of those creating the beautiful, delicate paper parasols found all over the globe.

The real life town from the Pied Piper of Hamelin has a mechanical puppet show that retells the famous story many times a day.

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

From Ancient Rome to WWII, Neupfarrplatz has over 2,000 years of history underneath its main square.

The last bastion of Roman presence north of the Alps looms over a German town.

A fearsome dragon clings to a corner of Munich's city hall.

Thousands of tourists and residents in Cologne affix "love padlocks" on the Hohenzollernbrücke Bridge to symbolize their affections.

This Dresden church was purposely rebuilt Protestant after being demolished in World War II.

Once the tallest building in the world, this abandoned church is now a monument to the destruction of WWII.

The prototype for all Nazi concentration camps.

A museum dedicated to a Cold War era sausage.

A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.

After a nearly successful attempt on Hitler's life, the conspirators met their fate in the courtyard of this Berlin building.

The bunker where Hitler took his own life is hidden under this deliberately ordinary parking lot.

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

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

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

On Hilton Head Island this bronze King of the Sea rules all things briny—and lets you know if you’re late for lunch.

This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”

The oldest bridge in South Carolina may have been designed by the same man who created the Washington Monument.

Carved faces add a touch of magic to this island's impressive oak trees.

One man's extraordinary topiary garden in a small South Carolina town.

The language and heritage of a nearly forgotten culture can still be explored in this Southern enclave.