One of the most well-known city festivals in the world.

A modern museum dedicated to the fairytales and dictionary work of the Brothers Grimm.

A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.

Shimmering sea-colored mosaics and Jesus statues cover this opulent building.

The bells remain in a shattered heap exactly as they fell when the church was bombed in World War II.

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

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

Sitting in the basement of a castle, the largest wine barrel in the world is bigger than most apartments.

Every hour the doors open to reenact the legend of the heroic mayor who saved his town by drinking a gallon of wine.

This extremely narrow tenement boasts a maximum occupancy of just two.

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

A museum dedicated to the silliest fruit.

This Rococo church is known as the most beautiful village church in the world, and does not disappoint.

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

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

This historic funicular system combines the old with the new while offering delightful views over the surrounding valley.

The largest bell in the world has been swinging high above a Cologne cathedral for almost a century.

Known simply as "The Hand," this famous public sculpture in Berlin was featured in a Depeche Mode music video.

A preserved Nazi labor camp now has a Holocaust museum on site and memorials to the thousands that died while imprisoned at the camp.

These former Nazi anti-aircraft towers offer a singular view of the north of Berlin in the summer, and a sanctuary for bats in winter.

This century-old cinema house has a marquee that has been hand painted by a single man for over 25 years.

A fascinating little museum dedicated to the thousands of chemical substances concealed in our food.

A brush maker used his factory to protect blind Jews from the Gestapo.

You haven’t properly toured a winery until you’ve slept in an actual wine barrel.