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Get lost in this haunting fairytale art walk through a man-made eucalyptus grove.

A 140-year-old castle with underground caves hidden in San Francisco.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

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

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

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

Legendary site where an evil bishop was devoured by rodents.

Carved fountains poignantly placed in parks and in front of special monuments.

An officers prison camp believed to be impregnable by the Germans saw over 30 successful escapes.

A statue honors the local legend that the devil helped build St. Mary's church after being tricked into thinking it was going to be a wine bar.

The real life town from the Pied Piper of Hamelin has a mechanical puppet show that retells the famous story many times a day.

The prison where Hitler wrote "Mein Kampf," and 278 Nazis were later executed for war crimes.

The abandoned mine where American troops discovered a treasure trove of art and artifacts hidden by the Nazis.

A whimsical art tower at a Bavarian brewery includes a grotto for its mythical beer-brewing dwarves.

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

Four-story slides send people whizzing through the math department at this Munich university.

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

A small man-controlled waterfall powers an Art Nouveau elevator and is accessed via narrow gauge, solar-powered tramway.

The birthplace of Karl Marx is now a museum dedicated to the communist revolutionary's life and work.

Now overgrown, these anti-tank barriers from World War II are sometimes called "dragon's teeth."

Shimmering sea-colored mosaics and Jesus statues cover this opulent building.

Solar observatory doubles as a daring display of Expressionist architecture, much to Einstein's chagrin.