A moving and macabre World War I-era painting by the great artist Otto Dix.

On high feast days, the entire blue-glass front of this modern church opens up to reveal the small wooden church inside.

An Orthodox church inside a small "Garden of Eden" built by a man who had a vision.

Dedicated to the European Sinti and Roma peoples murdered during the Holocaust.

The site where a plot to assassinate Hitler was planned—and its conspirators were executed—is now a powerful memorial to the German resistance during World War II.

The taxidermy remains of the first brown bear to enter Germany in 170 years.

This unique medieval artwork featuring the story of the Antichrist remained lost for decades.

This natural history museum houses one of the world's largest rat kings, a terrifying jumble of tangled rodents.

One of the most iconic neon ads of former East Germany.

This monumental work of art symbolizes the coming together of a previously divided city.

A giant snail sculpture looking longingly at the German traffic museum.

The 1852 novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin" lends its name to a subway station, a street, and several shops on the edge of Berlin.

A memorial in the Tiergarten is a reminder of the suffering inflicted on homosexuals by the Nazi regime.

Böttcherstraße's bells, extolling Nordic virtues and the great conquerors of the world.

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

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

A rare chance to ride one of the few continuous elevators still in operation.

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

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

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

This concrete residential area doubles as an open-air gallery.

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

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

In a small churchyard in Dingolfing, Germany the quaint Schusterkapelle is there to remind you of your imminent mortality.