Germany's last remaining Lenin statue has become a lightning rod of debate about the country's divided past.

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

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

This proud Teutonic warrior rises out of a German forest heralding a victory and measuring lightning.

A remarkable two-country morph, this town is part of Germany legally but is by all other measures Swiss.

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

A Neolithic celestial calendar standing in a nondescript wheat field.

One of the only spherical 19th century gas containers left today.

These tenacious 14th-century towers defied demolition and are now a fairytale vacation rental.

For centuries, Germans have been dancing in trees.

The 1852 novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin" lends its name to a subway station, a street, and several shops on the edge of Berlin.

This giant statue of a vulva became internationally famous after an American exchange student got stuck in it.

Obscured within a ring of trees, this abandoned World War II relic hides on a German hillside.

This 18th-century folly is one of Europe's rare "garden mosques."

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

Sausages, schnitzel, and weiners.

World's largest barrel containing an inn.

This small town in Germany was once a center of peppermint production, and has the museum to prove it.

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

One of the oldest wine cellars in Germany is now a restaurant beneath Bremen's town hall.

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

A two-inch thick solid brass rod that extends an astounding one kilometer straight into the earth.

The "feral child" who appeared in Bavaria in the 19th century remains as much a mystery as his unsolved murder.

The telescope that discovered Neptune.