The remains of three Luftwaffe launch pads designed for manned anti-aircraft missiles.

Bring out your dead (saints that have been festooned and bejeweled, so that we can parade them around the town)!

Tucked away in a small German apartment is an eclectic museum devoted to West African vodun culture.

This magnificent museum claims to house the cranium of a disciple and the skull of a pope.

Take a walk in a recreation of ancient Rome.

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

A wunderkammer of exoticism immortalized by Tom Waits.

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

The NASA scientists behind Apollo 11 started out developing Nazi weapons at this abandoned German rocket factory.

A Nazi concentration camp and Anne Frank's place of death.

A monument to the "father of modern warfare" Gustav II Adolf.

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

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

WWII rocket launchpad in rural Germany and site of operation backfire.

This small Bavarian graveyard is filled with empty graves for German soldiers lost during the World Wars.

A rare example of a German cemetery with traditional grave markers dating back several generations.

Remnants of a cone-shaped Nazi bomb shelter.

This small exhibition displays equipment and artifacts once belonging to the feared Stasi secret police.

Legendary site where an evil bishop was devoured by rodents.

A small square plaque marks a failed assassination attempt that could have changed history.

From morgue to urn, watch the whole process at this unusual educational attraction.

A 12th-century fortress containing some of Berlin's oldest buildings.

A unique Holocaust memorial tells the personal stories of the Jewish residents exiled from greater Berlin.

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