The ruins of an abandoned crematorium haunt an eerie deserted German cemetery.

Hitler's bleak vision of relaxation still stands as a mostly abandoned 10,000-room resort complex.

The ruined remains of the airport Claus von Stauffenberg departed in his failed attempt to kill Adolf Hitler.

A crumbling bakery where forced laborers from the nearby concentration camp toiled to feed their fellow prisoners and Nazi soldiers.

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

A famed artist's inspiring work of peace and tolerance.

Beer lovers thirsty for knowledge can now visit a museum devoted to the world's largest hop-growing region.

Wooden pathways run through this rocky landscape, which legend says was created when a dwarven king pulled down his own castle to stop raiding giants.

A man-made slag heap that you can "ski" down, and is home to the world sandboarding championships.

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

One of the only spherical 19th century gas containers left today.

For centuries, Germans have been dancing in trees.

This small gallery nestled inside an old botanical glasshouse is a quiet place to enjoy art and nature.

Several of these strange cone-shaped bunkers can still be seen around the former Nazi headquarters.

This concrete church spent a period of its history as a World War II bunker.

A historic casino where Dostoyevsky is said to have lost it all on a single spin of the roulette wheel.

A Syrian family keeps memories of their homeland alive at this sweet shop.

The world's first and only three-segment bascule bridge folds up into the shape of a capital "N" to let boat traffic through.

In the city forest of Augsburg are oval, artificial ponds formed from a World War II bombing campaign.

What appears to be an ordinary bridge is actually a rare aqueduct.

Largest illuminated advertisement sign in the world.

The largest mosque in Germany.

One of the last remaining railway viaducts equipped with a transporter ferry.

Deep in the forest next to Augsburg are abandoned bunkers and bullet traps from the region's military past.