The birthplace of Karl Marx is now a museum dedicated to the communist revolutionary's life and work.

The prison where Hitler wrote "Mein Kampf," and 278 Nazis were later executed for war crimes.

An amusement park on the grounds of an unused nuclear power plant, with a swing ride inside the cooling tower.

This enchanting mountain plateau celebrates spooky local folklore.

There are two dozen tanks just sitting in an open field in Lower Saxony.

The resting place of 18th century German mummies.

The ruins of an abandoned crematorium haunt an eerie deserted German cemetery.

The largest brick bridge in the world.

Solar observatory doubles as a daring display of Expressionist architecture, much to Einstein's chagrin.

This former Nazi castle was built as a school to train what would have been the future of the Third Reich.

An ornate century-old elevator still connects the two halves of Bad Schandau.

A wunderkammer of exoticism immortalized by Tom Waits.

In a small churchyard in Dingolfing, Germany the quaint Schusterkapelle is there to remind you of your imminent mortality.

Hitler's bleak vision of relaxation still stands as a mostly abandoned 10,000-room resort complex.

Enter the cabin of a life-sized Hindenburg replica.

After years of being casually peed on by humans, this tree is peeing back.

A strange rock formation with numerous legends trying to explain it.

Ample proof that watery ends make for well-preserved, millenia-old mummies.

This temple to the sturm and drang of Richard Wagner contains a dragon's cave and reptile zoo full of living "dragons."

This abandoned coliseum was intended to be a grand Nazi rallying ground before it was halted at the end of the war.

This painted Lego bridge is the product of over a century of locomotive history.

Goethe's "Faust" was inspired by these rock formations known as the "Devil's Pulpit" and "Witches' Altar."

This German museum is devoted to all aspects of grave culture from headstones to coffins.

This ancient ruined monastery has been destroyed by fire so many times that it seems like God hates it.