A triumphal steel arch on the side of a German mountain.

According to legend a man pooped out the window of this tower to prove that it was straight.

It's said the devil used this mushroom rock as a table for a late-night meal.

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

It has an American Dream Car exhibit, Europe's largest Formula One collection, and many, many mannequins.

A museum specifically dedicated to the Trabant, one of the iconic automobiles of the GDR.

This tremendous timepiece was once the largest cuckoo clock in the world.

The final resting place of the famed German pilot, the "Red Baron."

A unique bridge with an equally unique view.

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

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.

Legendary site where an evil bishop was devoured by rodents.

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

The site where a plot to assassinate Hitler was planned—and its conspirators were executed—is now a powerful memorial to the German resistance during World War II.

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

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.

The last bastion of Roman presence north of the Alps looms over a German town.

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

A tiny chapel clings to a precipice above Germany’s gemstone capital.

An imperial church bombed to ruins during WWII now stands as a jagged memorial.

In this truly magical place, rent hasn't been raised since the year 1520.

A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.