An abandoned swimming pool decays on the outskirts of Berlin.

A historic casino where Dostoyevsky is said to have lost it all on a single spin of the roulette wheel.

Once a path for Jewish funeral processions, this unassuming alleyway is rich in local lore.

The zoological collection at the Hessisches Landesmuseum hosts some of the world's oldest habitat dioramas.

Bring out your dead (saints that have been festooned and bejeweled, so that we can parade them around the town)!

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

A tiny basalt mountain with an observation tower overlooking the beautiful Bavarian countryside.

A ruined castle stands atop a hill surrounded by dragon lore.

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

A tilted half-timbered house from 1672 is built into a salvaged segment of a medieval wall.

Behold, a collection dedicated to Germany's favorite vegetable.

Tourists often confuse this beautifully ornate former cigarette factory for a mosque.

This beautiful 19th-century temple stands atop the ruins of its predecessor.

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

One of the oldest wine cellars in Germany is now a restaurant beneath Bremen's town hall.

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

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

Walk inside a half mile long crevice right outside the town of Garmisch Partenkirchen.

A memorial for a young woman and her ghost, which are claimed to have caused countless deathly shipwrecks.

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

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

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

The NASA scientists behind Apollo 11 started out developing Nazi weapons at this abandoned German rocket factory.

The castle where Martin Luther secretly translated the New Testament from Greek to German while in hiding.