This dockworkers' lunch joint has been left leaning by a century of storm floods.

Carved scenes of sex work and unglamorous labour beneath a cultural hero.

Model Trains and Much More in Hamburg.

This red light district plaza memorializes the Fab Four and their historic connection to the area.

Hamburg's first legal sex work is relegated to a gated street that still does not allow pedestrian women.

A mammoth WWII anti-air defense tower has been repurposed as a hotel with a rooftop garden.

A small hippo-shaped fountain in Berlin, Germany.

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

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

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

The scars of World War II are preserved on its walls.

Golden cobblestones remember a time when this small alley was used to avoid having to give a Nazi salute.

This Swiss cemetery is reserved for people who died in climbing accidents.

Dining in this grain cellar feels like stepping onto a fantasy film set.

A set of 13th and 14th century standardized bread measures.

A stonemason's hilarious revenge came in the form of this peculiarly positioned gargoyle.

These paved rills bring freshwater into Altstadt and could spell wedding bells for whoever stumbles into the waters.

Local legend of a lurking canal crocodile takes on a life of its own with this sculpture.

Visitors dating back to the 1600s carved their marks in the stones of the iconic tower.

Explore this medieval cathedral by trying to spot all the malevolent monsters hiding in its beautifully colored windows.

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

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

This 19th-century fountain features sculptures of little gnomes that help with chores.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.