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

Largest illuminated advertisement sign in the world.

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

The mass grave of the 27 victims of the "Vampire of Hanover."

On the highest peak in the Harz Mountains, science and the occult faced off in a failed attempt to turn a goat into a boy.

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

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

Hamburg's first legal sex work is relegated to a gated street that still does not allow pedestrian women.

This old wooden funicular railway leads to a cemetery in the forest.

These former Nazi anti-aircraft towers offer a singular view of the north of Berlin in the summer, and a sanctuary for bats in winter.

This contentious squat has stood through fire, violence, and government intervention as a hotbed of leftist protest.

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

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

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

Metro station with a claim to rock n' roll fame.

This riverside restaurant has been serving customers since 1146.

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

This lurid German fountain plots the sad course of marriage from dating to death.

Go surfing on this urban wave, "hacked" by local surfers.

The world's tallest church tower reveals a spectacular view to anyone up to the task of climbing the daunting staircase.

Hamburgers are intensely proud of their tunnel beneath the river.

Cold war icon and onetime "hole" in the iron curtain.

This abandoned coliseum was intended to be a grand Nazi rallying ground before it was halted at the end of the war.

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