A surprisingly detailed model of one of the most powerful telescopes in the world.

A century-long search for a church that was never there.

A man-made slag heap that you can "ski" down, and is home to the world sandboarding championships.

Medieval ruins on a tiny island amid a flooded lake offer romantic respite to lovers seeking privacy.

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

The name doubles as an appropriate adjective for this small ossuary.

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

Four-story slides send people whizzing through the math department at this Munich university.

A German town is growing a building out of trees.

A kindergarten shaped like a cat with a tail that's a slide.

The Bauhaus-style former industrial complex is considered the world's most beautiful coal mine.

Crop circles inspired this whimsical garden in Germany.

A statue honors the local legend that the devil helped build St. Mary's church after being tricked into thinking it was going to be a wine bar.

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

A stunning two-story timepiece within a medieval Brick Gothic church.

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

The world's most delightful not-NOT-religion welcomes visitors to the town of Templin, just like its more stoic peers.

In 1830, cemetery workers in Cham unearthed a chamber housing thousands of skeletal remains from the 13th century, which can still be viewed today.

Money made from smuggling sugar helped create this wondrous rock maze in honor of the Prussian Queen Louise.

A former ironworks that was the first UNESCO industrial site.

Retirement home for giant obsolete machines.

These 18th century gardens tell a rocky story of the son of Odysseus.

Explore the complex ecology of this multifaceted nature preserve by riverboat.

What was once thought to be a wellspring of unicorn bones is actually just a prehistoric burial site.