These paved rills bring freshwater into Altstadt and could spell wedding bells for whoever stumbles into the waters.

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

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

This monument to those fallen in the World Wars is accompanied by a U-boat that Germany bought for a Deutsche Mark.

The last Tsar of Russia constructed this private church just so he could attend services when visiting his wife's hometown.

The only remaining U-boat that is still floating never actually saw any action in World War II.

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.

The Goose Girl of Göttingen, Germany might well be the most kissed girl in the world.

From morgue to urn, watch the whole process at this unusual educational attraction.

This unique medieval artwork featuring the story of the Antichrist remained lost for decades.

A stonemason's hilarious revenge came in the form of this peculiarly positioned gargoyle.

Oddly enough, a pair of Wolfs funded the construction of this Little Red Riding Hood sculpture.

A Saxony castle houses one of the largest and most outstanding mineral collections in the world.

According to a satirical conspiracy theory that persists today, this German city of 300,000 is a hoax invented by the CIA.

A Neolithic burial site erected around 3000 BC.

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

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

The telescope that discovered Neptune.

The monumental home of Prussia’s eccentric "Cannon King."

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

This strange building looks like a medieval fortress crashed into a 1960s Brutalist office block.

The only microgravity tower in Europe can produce nine seconds of weightlessness.

Every half hour the eye-rolling clock face sticks out its tongue to mock the good citizens of Koblenz.