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At one of Berlin’s oldest churches, visitors can place mosaic tiles to help restore a medieval mural.

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

From Nazi chemicals to the CIA, this architectural marvel has played a fascinating role in German history.

In this brilliant blue spring in Germany, legend has it that a sad mermaid learned to finally laugh.

Every half hour the eye-rolling clock face sticks out its tongue to mock the good citizens of Koblenz.

A historic steam train meanders along one of the most scenic rail routes in Germany's Black Forest.

Constantly maintained, this organ is playing a six-century long composition by John Cage.

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

Flowers have mysteriously appeared on her effigy every day for the last 150 years.

A rare example of a German cemetery with traditional grave markers dating back several generations.

A former Nazi lookout tower with a magnificent view of the Rhineland.

A subterranean display of public art and architecture.

The prison where Hitler wrote "Mein Kampf," and 278 Nazis were later executed for war crimes.

The resting place of 18th century German mummies.

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

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

An ancient pagan site swirling with legends in the foothills of Franconian Switzerland.

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

An engineering wonder at Pillnitz Castle protects a precious 230-year-old flowering shrub.

As lake waters recede, a German village reemerges after more than a hundred years.

This historic little railroad runs through some of the most beautiful scenery in Germany.

This former Nazi castle was built as a school to train what would have been the future of the Third Reich.

The 3,600-year-old archeological sensation is considered to be the oldest representation of the cosmos.

In a small churchyard in Dingolfing, Germany the quaint Schusterkapelle is there to remind you of your imminent mortality.