These relics of the city's past now exist as a prominent modern feature.

A neo-Gothic church built to thank God for saving the Emperor of Austria from an assassination.

A set of outdoor stairs named in honor of a famous Austrian artist.

This former insane asylum now holds a pathological anatomy museum.

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

Go surfing on this urban wave, "hacked" by local surfers.

This beautiful 19th-century temple stands atop the ruins of its predecessor.

The prototype for all Nazi concentration camps.

Legendary site where an evil bishop was devoured by rodents.

An oversized, oddly designed pedestrian overpass has drawn comparisons to a commode for pachyderms.

Amöneburg is a town perched on top of a basalt mountain in the middle of an ancient meteor crater.

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

World's only telecommunication tower with a wooden pinnacle.

Revitalization efforts converted a former U.S. military heliport into a sprawling urban park.

The entrance to this Frankfurt subway station looks like an old tram car crashed into the concrete sidewalk.

From Nazi chemicals to the CIA, this architectural marvel has played a fascinating role in German history.

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

Fantastic views and thousands of love locks.

Commemorating Frankfurt's Jewish community and 11,908 victims of the Holocaust.

This German fountain of a legendary apple wine-loving drink thief will spit on you.

The world's only silo that was topped by two revolving restaurants has unfortunately been demolished.

After years of being casually peed on by humans, this tree is peeing back.

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

These jeweled relics have a scandalous and contested past.