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This real life asylum of horrors is now an abandoned ruin that hides the unbreakable code to one patient's insanity.

A stunning gilt bronze relief denounced by Hitler as "degenerate art"—even though it was dedicated to the Nazi leader.

Constructed by forced laborers, this submarine pen is now a museum and war memorial.

A spitting ode to a German serial killer.

One of the oldest wine cellars in Germany is now a restaurant beneath Bremen's town hall.

Böttcherstraße's bells, extolling Nordic virtues and the great conquerors of the world.

The only microgravity tower in Europe can produce nine seconds of weightlessness.

Eight naturally mummified bodies in glass coffins are housed in an underground crypt.

One of the most iconic neon ads of former East Germany.

This small exhibition displays equipment and artifacts once belonging to the feared Stasi secret police.

Silent memorial, using bone conduction to take people back to the Dresden Bombing of 1945.

Joe Cocker's 1988 concert at this site in East Germany marked a changing sea tide that would eventually lead to reunification.

An exquisite panometer representing Dresden as it was from 1695 to 1760.

To the great disappointment of doomsdayers, this codex merely contains records of the Moon and Venus.

An engineering wonder at Pillnitz Castle protects a precious 230-year-old flowering shrub.

This Dresden church was purposely rebuilt Protestant after being demolished in World War II.

In addition to fine dairy products, the world's most beautiful milk shop also offers a feast for the eyes.

Slaughterhouse Five opens its dank doors to fans of Kurt Vonnegut.

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

The mass grave of the 27 victims of the "Vampire of Hanover."

Striking occult iconography on a medieval German church.

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

A quaint Russian village in the middle of a German metropolis.

This classic restaurant features a gorgeous mirror-clad room.