A ruined castle stands atop a hill surrounded by dragon lore.

A Saxony castle houses one of the largest and most outstanding mineral collections in the world.

Behold, a collection dedicated to Germany's favorite vegetable.

A memorial for a young woman and her ghost, which are claimed to have caused countless deathly shipwrecks.

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

The small alleys in Lübeck's Old Town are a result of medieval urban sprawl.

This wooden hotel is a temple to German sustainability and forest conservation.

A historic steam train meanders along one of the most scenic rail routes in Germany's Black Forest.

A German town is growing a building out of trees.

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

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

A tiny island is connected to the mainland by a private railway that residents travel in their own personal wagons.

A small man-controlled waterfall powers an Art Nouveau elevator and is accessed via narrow gauge, solar-powered tramway.

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

An engineering wonder at Pillnitz Castle protects a precious 230-year-old flowering shrub.

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

This unique exhibit "Dialogue in the Dark" reverses roles as the visionless become guides and the sighted become ‘blind.’

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

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

The architect of this fanciful complex called it an "oasis for humanity and nature in a sea of rational houses."

Bursting forth from a historic German neighborhood, these day-glo palaces are now a bright fixture in the town.

One of the most easily accessible examples of the rare 1960s UFO houses.

This enchanting mountain plateau celebrates spooky local folklore.

This Dresden church was purposely rebuilt Protestant after being demolished in World War II.