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

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

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.

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

Super-heavy Nazi architectural experiment.

Home to 10,000 medical specimens including the remains of Rudolf Virchow's extensive collection of pathological specimens.

A stairway to heaven, or to nowhere at all.

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.

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

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

A sprawling Baroque park with 300-year-old hydro-pneumatic waterworks.

A wunderkammer of mysterious objects and stories.

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

The largest free-standing aquarium in the world resides in a hotel lobby in Berlin.

This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.

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

The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.

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

An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.

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.