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.

This tremendous timepiece was once the largest cuckoo clock in the world.

This recessed garden protects thousands of mountain plants by creating its own microclimates.

This stunningly massive housing complex is a go-to filming location for dystopian sci-fi cinema.

A suburban housing complex with astonishing architectural features, locally nicknamed "the Camemberts."

On high feast days, the entire blue-glass front of this modern church opens up to reveal the small wooden church inside.

The footprint of a frustrated devil in Munich's Cathedral.

A park where the Inn and Ilz rivers join the Danube as it slinks off into Austria.

When a medieval fire claimed the original St. Stephen’s Cathedral, it sparked a pattern of unquenchable organ building.

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