Middle-earth in the middle of Switzerland.

Each year, Germany's "City of Dragons" slays the world's largest walking robot.

This network of conjoined cellars was riddled with traps and supposedly allowed the townspeople to pretend their homes were deserted.

This stone amphitheater was once part of Nazi Germany's plan to promote propaganda.

"The most colorful grottoes of the world.

The castle where Martin Luther secretly translated the New Testament from Greek to German while in hiding.

Executed in 1401, Exhumed in 1878, Stolen in 2010.

A wunderkammer of exoticism immortalized by Tom Waits.

In 1830, cemetery workers in Cham unearthed a chamber housing thousands of skeletal remains from the 13th century, which can still be viewed today.

Slaughterhouse Five opens its dank doors to fans of Kurt Vonnegut.

This German bone house contains the remains of some 20,000 souls.

A striking 12th-century-style castle built on the edge of a cliff.

A tour of underground Berlin takes you through WWII air raid shelters and tunnels used to smuggle people out of East Germany.

This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.

At one of Berlin’s oldest churches, visitors can place mosaic tiles to help restore a medieval mural.

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.

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

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

This ancient ruined monastery has been destroyed by fire so many times that it seems like God hates it.

A lake formed in the basin of a massive impact crater takes the shape of an unbroken ring when viewed from above.

The ruins of an abandoned crematorium haunt an eerie deserted German cemetery.

The name doubles as an appropriate adjective for this small ossuary.

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

What was once thought to be a wellspring of unicorn bones is actually just a prehistoric burial site.