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

To the great disappointment of doomsdayers, this codex merely contains records of the Moon and Venus.

The first (but not only) upside-down house in Germany.

The 3,600-year-old archeological sensation is considered to be the oldest representation of the cosmos.

Reminders of the Battle of Berlin still scar the railway.

A rare water-powered funicular, it uses a huge tank of water and gravity to do its work.

This old wooden funicular railway leads to a cemetery in the forest.

A university observatory dome painted to resemble the beloved 'Star Wars' droid.

This curious sculpture represents the perseverance needed to take to the skies.

A museum honoring Germany’s cucumber mecca offers a great dill of gherkin history.

A rare example of a German cemetery with traditional grave markers dating back several generations.

From Ancient Rome to WWII, Neupfarrplatz has over 2,000 years of history underneath its main square.

A statue honors the local legend that the devil helped build St. Mary's church after being tricked into thinking it was going to be a wine bar.

The entrance to this Frankfurt subway station looks like an old tram car crashed into the concrete sidewalk.

The stones of this formerly witch-obsessed castle were used to build a church.

A stunning two-story timepiece within a medieval Brick Gothic church.

This enchanting mountain plateau celebrates spooky local folklore.

The last bastion of Roman presence north of the Alps looms over a German town.

A meteorite-bounded town in Bavaria.

The world's most delightful not-NOT-religion welcomes visitors to the town of Templin, just like its more stoic peers.

This museum tells the story of lake dwellers from 4000 BC to 850 BC, replete with stilt houses and goats.

These 18th century gardens tell a rocky story of the son of Odysseus.

The walls of Germany's Parliament still show the scars of the Red Army takeover in World War II.

This little museum is making sure that the art and history of the graffiti sticker is not scraped from history.