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A poignant mural honors the heroic teenage non-conformists who took on the Nazis and paid the ultimate price.

The highest cold-water geyser in the world.

A surprisingly detailed model of one of the most powerful telescopes in the world.

This peculiar museum offers hands-on interaction with seemingly intangible principles of mathematics.

Hidden in the forest are the crumbling, graffiti-covered remains of the factory where most of Germany's explosives were produced during World War II.

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

A Neolithic celestial calendar standing in a nondescript wheat field.

This stone amphitheater was once part of Nazi Germany's plan to promote propaganda.

These abandoned Cold War-era bunkers are now a designated refuge for endangered bat species.

This strange sculpture depicts a giant nightmare hare crushing a man to death beneath its colossal bulk.

Nestled within a German forest is an intriguing, growing rock.

A steam powered train that runs on city streets.

Centuries of warfare, tragedy, executions, and poetry come together in this 13th-century fortress.

This natural "sea of stones" was once used by the Romans as a quarry.

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.

An astonishingly accurate water clock that doubles as an hourly spectacle in this Berlin shopping area.

Tiny castle in the middle of the Rhine made you pay to pass.

The final resting place of the famed German pilot, the "Red Baron."

The only remaining U-boat that is still floating never actually saw any action in World War II.

The narrowest street in the world is in danger of closing up entirely.

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

A Neolithic burial site erected around 3000 BC.

A unique bridge with an equally unique view.

This 18th-century folly is one of Europe's rare "garden mosques."