At this cemetery, artists are invited to design their own gravestones.

An imperial church bombed to ruins during WWII now stands as a jagged memorial.

The monumental home of Prussia’s eccentric "Cannon King."

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

Take a walk in a recreation of ancient Rome.

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

The sweet story of how American cargo planes became known as "Candy Bombers" during the Berlin Blockade.

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

In this brilliant blue spring in Germany, legend has it that a sad mermaid learned to finally laugh.

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

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

As lake waters recede, a German village reemerges after more than a hundred years.

After a nearly successful attempt on Hitler's life, the conspirators met their fate in the courtyard of this Berlin building.

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

Hitler's bleak vision of relaxation still stands as a mostly abandoned 10,000-room resort complex.

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

The world's tallest church tower reveals a spectacular view to anyone up to the task of climbing the daunting staircase.

Thousands of tourists and residents in Cologne affix "love padlocks" on the Hohenzollernbrücke Bridge to symbolize their affections.

One of the world's heaviest musical instruments towers within a popular urban park.

A former ironworks that was the first UNESCO industrial site.

Tiny memorials honor individual victims of the Holocaust.

This German museum is devoted to all aspects of grave culture from headstones to coffins.

Hamburgers are intensely proud of their tunnel beneath the river.

The "Prussian Versailles" that is as glorious today as when it was built.