A reconstructed farm shows what life was like in Norway 1,500 years ago.

Monuments don't get much more metal than these three giant viking swords planted in a Nordic hill.

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

While you wait to cross the street at a traffic light in Mainz, you might notice that the light is staring back at you.

A rare water-powered funicular, it uses a huge tank of water and gravity to do its work.

Thousands of tourists and residents in Cologne affix "love padlocks" on the Hohenzollernbrücke Bridge to symbolize their affections.

This Dresden church was purposely rebuilt Protestant after being demolished in World War II.

The largest treasure hoard in Europe is contained in a castle that was bombed out during World War II.

Tourists often confuse this beautifully ornate former cigarette factory for a mosque.

The architect of this fanciful complex called it an "oasis for humanity and nature in a sea of rational houses."

A six-story, asymmetrical tower filled to the brim with scientific experiments.

It's always summer at the beach inside this former airship hangar.

Explore the complex ecology of this multifaceted nature preserve by riverboat.

This giant, 83-year-old ship elevator is an engineering feat to behold.

The natural mummy of the less than chivalrous Knight Kahlbutz.

Terrifying derelict military hospital once housed a recuperating Hitler.

Before he was forced to flee the country under Nazi rule, Albert Einstein spent his summers in this custom-built lakeside house near Berlin.

The "Prussian Versailles" that is as glorious today as when it was built.

If you visit the burial place of King Frederick the Great, you'll likely find a couple of potatoes sitting on his tombstone.

Designed to resemble foreign architecture, this mosque-looking structure was used to pump water to a royal fountain.

Historic German church that was reconstructed and opened to the public in 2024.

An 18-panel Soviet mosaic showcasing the scientific advances made under socialism.

A quaint Russian village in the middle of a German metropolis.

A bizarre representation of our ever forward moving society.