Every hour the doors open to reenact the legend of the heroic mayor who saved his town by drinking a gallon of wine.

Fantastic views and thousands of love locks.

After years of being casually peed on by humans, this tree is peeing back.

The sweet story of how American cargo planes became known as "Candy Bombers" during the Berlin Blockade.

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

This ancient ruined monastery has been destroyed by fire so many times that it seems like God hates it.

A unique showroom for bathroom fixtures featuring a giant toilet observation deck.

A Black Forest cuckoo clock theme park features one timepiece big enough to walk inside.

Lines on the pillar of Heidelberg's Karl-Theodor Bridge record the dramatic heights of past floods.

It's good luck to be mocked by this monkey.

This historic funicular system combines the old with the new while offering delightful views over the surrounding valley.

Sitting in the basement of a castle, the largest wine barrel in the world is bigger than most apartments.

While you wait to cross the street at a traffic light in Mainz, you might notice that the light is staring back at you.

Legendary site where an evil bishop was devoured by rodents.

Hilltop monument to the victory of a new nation in the Franco-Prussian War.

This marvelous array is one of the largest collections of mechanical instruments in Europe.

A memorial for a young woman and her ghost, which are claimed to have caused countless deathly shipwrecks.

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

Thousands of tourists and residents in Cologne affix "love padlocks" on the Hohenzollernbrücke Bridge to symbolize their affections.

If the tunes of antique organs and musical marionettes don't intoxicate you, the draft beer certainly will.

Life-sized bronze statues of fictional puppet characters.

This 19th-century fountain features sculptures of little gnomes that help with chores.

Climb inside an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times its normal size.

Theme park featuring miniature replicas of European monuments.