In the city forest of Augsburg are oval, artificial ponds formed from a World War II bombing campaign.

Wooden pathways run through this rocky landscape, which legend says was created when a dwarven king pulled down his own castle to stop raiding giants.

This small gallery nestled inside an old botanical glasshouse is a quiet place to enjoy art and nature.

This German museum devoted to the simple wonders of salt is actually built over an old saltworks.

Sausages, schnitzel, and weiners.

This natural "sea of stones" was once used by the Romans as a quarry.

During World War II, the Nazis repurposed this beer cellar to store stolen artwork.

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

A surprisingly detailed model of one of the most powerful telescopes in the world.

The atomic museum in the basement of this German castle displays long strands of replica uranium cubes.

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

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

Now overgrown, these anti-tank barriers from World War II are sometimes called "dragon's teeth."

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

A museum dedicated to the silliest fruit.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Crop circles inspired this whimsical garden in Germany.

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

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