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

This poignant tribute to the White Rose movement showcases artifacts related to the heroic anti-Nazi struggle.

Oddly enough, a pair of Wolfs funded the construction of this Little Red Riding Hood sculpture.

This beautiful 19th-century temple stands atop the ruins of its predecessor.

A giant snail sculpture looking longingly at the German traffic museum.

The telescope that discovered Neptune.

The scars of World War II are preserved on its walls.

An abandoned train station in Munich constructed for the 1972 Olympic games.

A small square plaque marks a failed assassination attempt that could have changed history.

King Ludwig I's collection of beautiful women.

This magnificent museum claims to house the cranium of a disciple and the skull of a pope.

A subterranean display of public art and architecture.

The footprint of a frustrated devil in Munich's Cathedral.

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

These bronze pamphlets remember a remarkable group of Germans who fearlessly opposed the Nazis in the very center of their power.

A stairway to heaven, or to nowhere at all.

This strange statue features a bust of the famous composer plopped atop a woman's body.

These 12th-century catacombs carved into a mountainside were a place of mysticism and Christian hermitages.

The beautiful, ornate weather station is the most popular geocache in Salzburg.

This 19th century cyclorama acts like an analogue time machine to a different era.

The amazing wonder cabinets of a very rich Austrian archbishop.

Mozart's skull may be held in this collection, but definitive proof continues to elude scientists.

The medieval network of canals hidden underneath the city is opened to explorers each year.

Trick water gardens from 1619 featuring a 200 piece mechanical theater powered by water.