The industrial monstrosity known as Bagger 258 is a colossal mining machine built in the DDR - but now left for dead in a German field.

This former steel and coal plant is now a neon-lit industrial fantasia.

This 8th-century Bavarian monastery is home to an exquisite Baroque-era library.

A traditional U-Bahn station in Berlin gets a string of rather untraditional benches.

Hamburgers are intensely proud of their tunnel beneath the river.

The great Danube river starts here.

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

The largest treasure hoard in Europe is contained in a castle that was bombed out during World War II.

It's always summer at the beach inside this former airship hangar.

This museum tells the story of lake dwellers from 4000 BC to 850 BC, replete with stilt houses and goats.

One of the most easily accessible examples of the rare 1960s UFO houses.

Remnants of an exploded schooner and wrecked submarines form a breakwater.

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

A quaint Russian village in the middle of a German metropolis.

This unique Renaissance castle was turned into a home for Nazi occultism.

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

Berlin's oldest surviving academic architecture hosted decades of animal dissections.

A unique hanging cable-car navigates through Dresden, the oldest suspension railway in the world.

In addition to fine dairy products, the world's most beautiful milk shop also offers a feast for the eyes.

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

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

Puppet theater and museum holding a collection of more than 300.

This 600-year-old home seems to defy physics.

This German version of Universal Studios holds a vault of treasures from the NeverEnding Story.