Sitting in the basement of a castle, the largest wine barrel in the world is bigger than most apartments.

Carved fountains poignantly placed in parks and in front of special monuments.

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

The birthplace of Karl Marx is now a museum dedicated to the communist revolutionary's life and work.

It's good luck to be mocked by this monkey.

A meteorite-bounded town in Bavaria.

This historic funicular system combines the old with the new while offering delightful views over the surrounding valley.

The last bastion of Roman presence north of the Alps looms over a German town.

King Ludwig I's collection of beautiful women.

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

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

Housed in an old church, this hunting museum holds a collection of mythical bird-rabbit creatures.

One of downtown Berlin's last reminders of its Communist past.

The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.

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

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

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

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

The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.

This German fountain of a legendary apple wine-loving drink thief will spit on you.

From Nazi chemicals to the CIA, this architectural marvel has played a fascinating role in German history.

The entrance to this Frankfurt subway station looks like an old tram car crashed into the concrete sidewalk.

Taxidermy, Cigar Store Indians, A Model of a New York Tenement and Delicious Draft Root Beer.

Even with its slightly risible name this colossal cross is still able to inspire awe.