This historic toy museum brings a little whimsy to a city not usually remembered for such things.

This massive statue is the personification of Bavaria and the first colossal statue of the modern period composed of bronze.

This beautiful 19th-century temple stands atop the ruins of its predecessor.

Model Trains and Much More in Hamburg.

This century-old cinema house has a marquee that has been hand painted by a single man for over 25 years.

Go surfing on this urban wave, "hacked" by local surfers.

A subterranean display of public art and architecture.

A castle from the Holy Roman Empire that hosts traveling youth... in its stables.

This unique Renaissance castle was turned into a home for Nazi occultism.

Once the tallest building in the world, this abandoned church is now a monument to the destruction of WWII.

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

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

A stairway to heaven, or to nowhere at all.

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

From toys to kettles to scientific instruments, this German museum celebrates the beauty of 20th century design.

An abandoned NSA listening post on Berlin's "Devil's Mountain."

The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”

A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.

Dedicated to the unsung history of human waste.

One man's personal collection of KGB memorabilia is presented along with his strange viewpoint.

What looks like a suicide in progress is actually a statue of Sigmund Freud.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

A bust of Franz Kafka spins in pieces, reflecting the writer's inner torment.

An oddity shop filled with taxidermy, funerary memorabilia, and more.