A tilted half-timbered house from 1672 is built into a salvaged segment of a medieval wall.

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

This futuristic German television spire is actually the world's largest digital clock.

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

A unique bridge with an equally unique view.

A stonemason's hilarious revenge came in the form of this peculiarly positioned gargoyle.

The monumental home of Prussia’s eccentric "Cannon King."

The bells remain in a shattered heap exactly as they fell when the church was bombed in World War II.

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

Fantastic views and thousands of love locks.

A ruined castle stands atop a hill surrounded by dragon lore.

From Ancient Rome to WWII, Neupfarrplatz has over 2,000 years of history underneath its main square.

This massive statue is the personification of Bavaria and the first colossal statue of the modern period composed of bronze.

Hamburg's first legal sex work is relegated to a gated street that still does not allow pedestrian women.

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

A statue honors the local legend that the devil helped build St. Mary's church after being tricked into thinking it was going to be a wine bar.

Carved fountains poignantly placed in parks and in front of special monuments.

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

The real life town from the Pied Piper of Hamelin has a mechanical puppet show that retells the famous story many times a day.

The small alleys in Lübeck's Old Town are a result of medieval urban sprawl.

This monumental work of art symbolizes the coming together of a previously divided city.

The birthplace of Karl Marx is now a museum dedicated to the communist revolutionary's life and work.

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

This contentious squat has stood through fire, violence, and government intervention as a hotbed of leftist protest.