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From Iggy Pop to David Bowie to Nick Cave, this regal music studio has served some of the all time greats.

Goethe's "Faust" was inspired by these rock formations known as the "Devil's Pulpit" and "Witches' Altar."

Enter the cabin of a life-sized Hindenburg replica.

This classic restaurant features a gorgeous mirror-clad room.

These blingy, baubled skeletons lie in glass boxes inside a baroque Bavarian church.

This unique Renaissance castle was turned into a home for Nazi occultism.

This German version of Universal Studios holds a vault of treasures from the NeverEnding Story.

The world's oldest rose is so tough it survived being bombed in World War II.

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

Explore the complex ecology of this multifaceted nature preserve by riverboat.

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

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

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

When the rain falls, this drain system turns into a musical instrument.

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

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

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

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

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

A world-class collection of mechanical musical instruments and automata.

The gilded, masterful astronomical clock will calculate time, dates, and planetary positions for thousands of years to come.

A remarkable lava formation encloses a line of Buddhist statues that can't be accurately counted, according to local mythology.

This Swedish astronomical clock was in storage for almost a century before its glorious workings were put on display once more.

An ornate century-old elevator still connects the two halves of Bad Schandau.