For centuries, Germans have been dancing in trees.

A simple tribute to the microscopic arachnid that gives its juices and its life to help make a speciality German cheese.

Named after the German word for "a longingness to travel," this park brings together thousands of city and street signs from around the world.

The "feral child" who appeared in Bavaria in the 19th century remains as much a mystery as his unsolved murder.

The difficulty of getting a good night's sleep is an age-old affliction according to the one-of-a-kind Snoring Museum.

The Goose Girl of Göttingen, Germany might well be the most kissed girl in the world.

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

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

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

This tribute to the 16th-century composer is now an unusual shrine to Michael Jackson.

Nestled on the banks of a river in Nuremberg is a small museum that was once home of the city's official executioner.

Antique frame collection with 2,400 frames.

This fountain of a little boy that spits on passersby at erratic intervals is a town icon.

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

Every half hour the eye-rolling clock face sticks out its tongue to mock the good citizens of Koblenz.

Four-story slides send people whizzing through the math department at this Munich university.

The world's biggest pet store.

A tiny island is connected to the mainland by a private railway that residents travel in their own personal wagons.

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

An abandoned train station in Munich constructed for the 1972 Olympic games.

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

Eight naturally mummified bodies in glass coffins are housed in an underground crypt.

A series of haunting wooden totems are hidden in the woods surrounding a German environmental center.

Solar observatory doubles as a daring display of Expressionist architecture, much to Einstein's chagrin.