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Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

A stairway to heaven, or to nowhere at all.

A tree-like building perches on its trunk in the Steglitz neighborhood of Berlin.

What started as a tongue-in-cheek shrine is now a full-blown museum celebrating "The Hoff" and his longtime love affair with Berlin.

Visitors can explore the role of mysticism throughout the ages inside this interactive museum of magic.

A striking 12th-century-style castle built on the edge of a cliff.

A sprawling Baroque park with 300-year-old hydro-pneumatic waterworks.

A collection of abandoned typographic signs from Berlin and beyond.

This Berlin island is home to a flock of free-roaming peacocks, as well as a historic ivory folly.

Gardens representing parts of Asia, Europe, and the Mid East are tucked away among the Soviet-style buildings in East Berlin.

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

Ruins of a German castle on top of a towering stone pillar.

This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.

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

The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.

The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.

A tour of underground Berlin takes you through WWII air raid shelters and tunnels used to smuggle people out of East Germany.

The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”

Started as a kitchen garden, now the second largest botanical garden in the world.

This futuristic German spa allows visitors to float in a pool of salt water while zoning out to underwater techno.

This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.

One of the longest footbridges in Europe.

Once the center of power for the region's various factories.

This museum of Viking vessels allows visitors to take a replica out for a spin.