Fortified medieval tower house with lovely roof garden.

Next to the Leaning Tower of Pisa is a cemetery home to ancient sarcophagi and disturbing murals.

Inside features a display of how artistic crucifixes transformed throughout the centuries.

Where once there was a train station bathroom, there is now this German burger joint.

A famous big wave from Japan serves as a tribute to the victims of the disastrous Elbe flood.

In medieval times this small stone seat was used as a bizarre way to punish insolvent debtors.

Built to repay the sins of the father, this church is home to one of the most valuable works of Western art.

The world's oldest surviving anatomical theater, where "the dead are pleased to help the living."

One of the largest squares in Europe contains an entire artificial island.

The incorrupt tongue of the patron saint of lost things is venerated in this basilica.

Art and a pun, all in one.

This obscene artwork on the side of a newspaper office pokes fun at a rival paper's former editor-in-chief.

This towering statue of Jesus provided internet to the surrounding area.

A huge wooden clock that is so beautiful its creator was forcibly blinded.

A mysterious emblem tucked in an small alleyway is actually the coat of arms of a heroic medieval family.

A merchant court dedicated to the fictitious King Arthur is heavily adorned with bizarre Renaissance art.

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

The original burial place of this preeminent 18th-century Jewish philosopher was razed by the Nazis.

The ruined remains of the airport Claus von Stauffenberg departed in his failed attempt to kill Adolf Hitler.

For more than 170 years, this family-run bakery has been serving Berlin’s best Baumkuchen, or “tree cake.”

In the summer of 1957, a massive architectural exhibition showed off the future of urban living in this German neighborhood.

A plaque on the side of a building is a small tribute to the woman who invented an iconic Berlin fast food.

One of the oldest cemeteries in Germany was originally used for victims of a cholera epidemic.

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.