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A statue dedicated to the antihero of the Nibelung legend.

An abstract and eyecatching clock/fountain is the centerpiece of this little-known German city.

This private museum is packed with 20th-century traffic and technology artifacts.

A section of destroyed vertical lift bridge stands alone in the Peene river.

This viaduct serves as a reminder of World War II.

The final resting place of one of Germany's most accomplished Renaissance men.

One of two electrical towers in Germany that have a pathway constructed through the tower's legs.

An incredibly well-preserved barbershop from the 1920s was transformed into a tiny local museum.

This impressive castle looms over small German town.

The largest mosque in Germany.

A unique showroom for bathroom fixtures featuring a giant toilet observation deck.

The metal-free wooden towers of Brück.

It commemorates one of the world's earliest telegraphs.

A distinctive former power plant turned university lecture hall looks like it could make you breakfast.

This watchtower once presided over the Berlin Wall.

The old castle kitchen where nucleic acid was first isolated is considered the "cradle of biochemistry."

A unique, free-floating electric ferry may be the only of its kind in Europe.

The first recognized Neanderthal remains were found in this now-lost cave in 1856.

This Cold War–era fallout shelter was actually a storage facility for the nation's emergency currency.

This ornate Weser Renaissance house was also the home of an infamous witch hunter.

Beloved children's TV characters freckle the German city's streets.

A collection of decorative eggs to admire in the off-season.

One of the last remaining railway viaducts equipped with a transporter ferry.

This monolithic slab of art metal crowns a German slag heap.