Rich with fauna and flora, nature-lovers can walk across the sea at this UNESCO World Heritage spot.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

On this romantic tidal island reachable only at low tide the tomb of a famous French writer overlooks the sea.

This place bears witness to the loss of many lives during WWII, and stands in stark contrast to the American Cemetery.

A memorial to the nearly 10,000 American soldiers laid to rest on the beaches of Normandy during WWII.

In 1927, a biplane disappeared while attempting to complete the first non-stop transatlantic flight between Paris and New York City. This memorial stands at the last place it was seen.

Legendary site where an evil bishop was devoured by rodents.

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

A decomissioned facility where the German "Transrapid" maglev trains were once tested.

A memorial in the Tiergarten is a reminder of the suffering inflicted on homosexuals by the Nazi regime.

Check the time in 145 countries at once with this East German relic.

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.

An imperial church bombed to ruins during WWII now stands as a jagged memorial.

If you visit the burial place of King Frederick the Great, you'll likely find a couple of potatoes sitting on his tombstone.

The "Prussian Versailles" that is as glorious today as when it was built.

This incredible stone temple is a monument to death, victory, and fantasy architecture.

The medieval institution is home to the precious treasure stolen in World War II in one of the greatest art thefts of the 20th century.

This cheeky statue of a man defecating gold coins graces the facade of a medieval guildhall.

This strange sculpture is an enigmatic icon of this medieval German town.

A peculiar trapezoidal building covered with wonderful humorous reliefs.

On the highest peak in the Harz Mountains, science and the occult faced off in a failed attempt to turn a goat into a boy.

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

This monument to those fallen in the World Wars is accompanied by a U-boat that Germany bought for a Deutsche Mark.