A fearsome dragon clings to a corner of Munich's city hall.

The footprint of a frustrated devil in Munich's Cathedral.

Among the ostentatious rococo ornamentation of this church, an image of death cuts the life-thread.

Golden cobblestones remember a time when this small alley was used to avoid having to give a Nazi salute.

These bronze pamphlets remember a remarkable group of Germans who fearlessly opposed the Nazis in the very center of their power.

A stairway to heaven, or to nowhere at all.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

Residing along a busy thoroughfare, this sculpture urges passersby to consider the future.

The body of at least one victim of a construction accident was left behind in the collapsed pylon, buried under tons of concrete.

This small condiment museum makes all manner of mustards with a 200-year-old mill.

If the tunes of antique organs and musical marionettes don't intoxicate you, the draft beer certainly will.

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

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

An elegant chandelier hangs over this ancient sewer chamber, now open for concerts and public tours.

A church filled with the bones of hundreds of virgins martyrs—or so they say.