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

One of the world's heaviest musical instruments towers within a popular urban park.

Small museum dedicated to one of the founding fathers of modern astronautics.

Held in an old church, this clockwork museum maintains a special focus on titanic tower timepieces.

Germany's last remaining Lenin statue has become a lightning rod of debate about the country's divided past.

A city's controversial tribute to its founder depicts townspeople flashing their bare behinds.

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

This strategic isle was once swapped between empires and almost entirely destroyed in a bomb explosion.

At this exhibit on the world of poison, venomous animals steal the show.

An extraordinary mechanical calculator designed by the mathematician and philosopher Gottfried Leibniz.

This famed marionette theater and museum is bursting with imaginative string puppets.

A two-inch thick solid brass rod that extends an astounding one kilometer straight into the earth.

The atomic museum in the basement of this German castle displays long strands of replica uranium cubes.

A simple tribute to the microscopic arachnid that gives its juices and its life to help make a speciality German cheese.

The oldest trees in Northern Germany.

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.

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

Medieval ruins on a tiny island amid a flooded lake offer romantic respite to lovers seeking privacy.

These brass bunnies honor the rabbits that dominated the no-man's-land around the Berlin Wall.

The Goose Girl of Göttingen, Germany might well be the most kissed girl in the world.

This futuristic German television spire is actually the world's largest digital clock.

Four-story slides send people whizzing through the math department at this Munich university.

This historic toy museum brings a little whimsy to a city not usually remembered for such things.

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