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

The natural mummy of the less than chivalrous Knight Kahlbutz.

The NASA scientists behind Apollo 11 started out developing Nazi weapons at this abandoned German rocket factory.

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

Dancing skeletal figures pay homage to a medieval mural destroyed during World War II.

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

This fountain of a little boy that spits on passersby at erratic intervals is a town icon.

The sweet story of how American cargo planes became known as "Candy Bombers" during the Berlin Blockade.

This strange building looks like a medieval fortress crashed into a 1960s Brutalist office block.

A spitting ode to a German serial killer.

Be it nature, art, or abandoned military architecture this eclectic German "museum" has you covered.

From morgue to urn, watch the whole process at this unusual educational attraction.

The name doubles as an appropriate adjective for this small ossuary.

Böttcherstraße's bells, extolling Nordic virtues and the great conquerors of the world.

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

This massive steel pyramid can be entered by a set of jagged steps that let visitors stand in its heart.

Take a walk in a recreation of ancient Rome.

Every half hour the eye-rolling clock face sticks out its tongue to mock the good citizens of Koblenz.

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

After a nearly successful attempt on Hitler's life, the conspirators met their fate in the courtyard of this Berlin building.

An exquisite panometer representing Dresden as it was from 1695 to 1760.

A century-old shot ball factory tower is open to the public once a year.

The small alleys in Lübeck's Old Town are a result of medieval urban sprawl.

The many—66 to be exact—faces of the German forest.