This tea house was a hand-built gift from Boulder's sister city in Tajikstan.

Final resting place of the humble physicist who discovered X-rays, and made the invisible visible.

A statue beloved by—and named by—the local townsfolk it represents.

A tiny, intricate model railway system.

The largest mosque in Germany.

This inconspicuous pharmacy went down in history as the first gas station in the world after fueling the first road trip ever taken.

An oversized, oddly designed pedestrian overpass has drawn comparisons to a commode for pachyderms.

It commemorates one of the world's earliest telegraphs.

A wonderfully versatile natural history curio cabinet preserved since the 1840s.

Inside this German disco, visitors can take a literal ride on the dance floor.

Joe Cocker's 1988 concert at this site in East Germany marked a changing sea tide that would eventually lead to reunification.

In the city forest of Augsburg are oval, artificial ponds formed from a World War II bombing campaign.

This baroque palace displays an impressive collection of taxidermy, art, and rare objects from the days of courtly hunting.

A unique, free-floating electric ferry may be the only of its kind in Europe.

Seventeen members of the local royal family are interred in this Baroque church in northern Germany.

Deep in the forest next to Augsburg are abandoned bunkers and bullet traps from the region's military past.

While you wait to cross the street at a traffic light in Mainz, you might notice that the light is staring back at you.

Stuffed people arranged in unsettling scenes give a voyeuristic glimpse of life within a historic old hotel.

This highrise residential building looks mundane, but hides a water tower and WWII bunker.

This Cold War–era fallout shelter was actually a storage facility for the nation's emergency currency.

The first recognized Neanderthal remains were found in this now-lost cave in 1856.

Whimsical wash tubs row down the stream as part of this Carnival celebration.

According to legend a man pooped out the window of this tower to prove that it was straight.

This mysterious pig iron pillar does not rust, despite being weathered by the elements for centuries.