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What was once thought to be a wellspring of unicorn bones is actually just a prehistoric burial site.

Golden cobblestones remember a time when this small alley was used to avoid having to give a Nazi salute.

This historic stone bridge has an entire neighborhood clinging to its sides.

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

Living trees form the structure of an open-air palace.

A long spiraling walkway winds through the woods, and around a copper beech tree at the center.

Between Neo-Pagans and Neo-Nazis, these strange rock formations have a curious cult following and a very strange history.

A church filled with the bones of hundreds of virgins martyrs—or so they say.

The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.

Soaring over 6,000 feet in the Bavarian Alps, this beer garden was once Hitler's 50th birthday present.

"The most colorful grottoes of the world.

A stairway to heaven, or to nowhere at all.

This "floating railway" is one of the world's oldest monorail systems.

Skeletons dressed in extravagant 18th century royal costumes cavort in the aisles of this German basilica.

A museum in the building where Nazi Germany signed its surrender tells the story of World War II from the Soviet perspective.

At one of Berlin’s oldest churches, visitors can place mosaic tiles to help restore a medieval mural.

The last remnants of a massive medieval wall that once encompassed the city of Berlin.

Beneath the impressive baroque cathedral that rises from the center of Berlin lies the largest collection of Prussian royals in the world.

A 12th-century fortress containing some of Berlin's oldest buildings.

A unique Holocaust memorial tells the personal stories of the Jewish residents exiled from greater Berlin.

From toys to kettles to scientific instruments, this German museum celebrates the beauty of 20th century design.

The site of the famous Nazi book burning campaign of 1933 remembers its "Night of Shame".

Berlin's natural history museum houses the world's largest mounted dinosaur and the late beloved polar bear Knut.

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