The best bagels in Berlin are tucked away in an independent bookstore.

This museum explores the history of the city's public transportation. Its collection includes the world's oldest preserved electric trolley car.

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

Oberweissbacher Bergbahn - a broad-gauged cable car capable transfering railcars.

This famed marionette theater and museum is bursting with imaginative string puppets.

This magnificent church allows travelers along one of Germany's busiest roadways a chance to rest and reflect.

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

1898 German railroad depot museum with working engines, steam train excursions, and hands-on displays.

The atomic museum in the basement of this German castle displays long strands of replica uranium cubes.

This stone amphitheater was once part of Nazi Germany's plan to promote propaganda.

A Neolithic celestial calendar standing in a nondescript wheat field.

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

Named after the German word for "a longingness to travel," this park brings together thousands of city and street signs from around the world.

This natural "sea of stones" was once used by the Romans as a quarry.

A steam powered train that runs on city streets.

Dine at a legendary after-hours joint frequented by David Bowie and Iggy Pop.

This outdoor library provides around-the-clock access to around 7,000 books.

Giant wind turbine with observation deck at the very top.

A rare water-powered funicular, it uses a huge tank of water and gravity to do its work.

Now overgrown, these anti-tank barriers from World War II are sometimes called "dragon's teeth."

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

A German town is growing a building out of trees.

This wooden hotel is a temple to German sustainability and forest conservation.

A rare chance to ride one of the few continuous elevators still in operation.