Ask nicely, and stewards of a centuries-old charitable tradition will give you free bread and beer.

The oldest Jewish cemetery in Europe survived Hitler's Germany.

An old slaughterhouse now holds the largest collection of pig artifacts.

Despite producing just a handful of movies, a brave and lyrical filmmaker has an entire museum dedicated to him.

The site where one of the most famous poems of World War I was composed is preserved to honor the legacy of the work.

Visitors to this Belgium graveyard are greeted by the grieving stone parents of the young men lost to war.

Because sometimes you need to make a batch of frites even when the stores are all closed.

Art and a pun, all in one.

What started as a tongue-in-cheek shrine is now a full-blown museum celebrating "The Hoff" and his longtime love affair with Berlin.

A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.

The largest free-standing aquarium in the world resides in a hotel lobby in Berlin.

A slice of central Asia in the middle of Berlin.

A whimsical and twisted animatronic monster tour beneath the streets of Berlin.

Once an opulent Art Nouveau hotspot, the Constanța Casino is one of Romania's most beautiful abandoned buildings.

One of the most controversial statues in Romania is an emperor with no clothes.

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

It has an American Dream Car exhibit, Europe's largest Formula One collection, and many, many mannequins.

Four-story slides send people whizzing through the math department at this Munich university.

A simple tribute to the microscopic arachnid that gives its juices and its life to help make a speciality German cheese.

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

Amöneburg is a town perched on top of a basalt mountain in the middle of an ancient meteor crater.

The sweet story of how American cargo planes became known as "Candy Bombers" during the Berlin Blockade.

This German "living museum" is maybe a bit too immersive.

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