Lines on the pillar of Heidelberg's Karl-Theodor Bridge record the dramatic heights of past floods.

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

The bones of the Biblical Magi traveled to Constantinople and Milan before landing in their current home inside an elaborate golden reliquary in the Cologne Cathedral.

Art historians have debated the identity of this medieval stone rider since the 19th century.

This Late Gothic building that once housed Erasmus is now known as the filming location of "Suspiria."

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

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

In this brilliant blue spring in Germany, legend has it that a sad mermaid learned to finally laugh.

A meteorite-bounded town in Bavaria.

A tiny chapel clings to a precipice above Germany’s gemstone capital.

This historic stone bridge has an entire neighborhood clinging to its sides.

A copy of the Statue of Liberty greets visitors to the birthplace of Auguste Bartholdi.

This restored station garage allows visitors to step back in time at this remote outpost on the Nullarbor Plain.

The evolution of a simple creek cutting its way through an ochre mountain side.

The famed literary character has a unique connection to this city.

Oddly enough, a pair of Wolfs funded the construction of this Little Red Riding Hood sculpture.

Nestled on the banks of a river in Nuremberg is a small museum that was once home of the city's official executioner.

An ornate sculpture of an ox in repose marks the former entrance to Nuremberg's medieval meat market, which was destroyed during World War II.

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

On the highest peak in the Harz Mountains, science and the occult faced off in a failed attempt to turn a goat into a boy.

The castle where Martin Luther secretly translated the New Testament from Greek to German while in hiding.

This marvelous array is one of the largest collections of mechanical instruments in Europe.

Legendary site where an evil bishop was devoured by rodents.

A memorial for a young woman and her ghost, which are claimed to have caused countless deathly shipwrecks.