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

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

Every hour the doors open to reenact the legend of the heroic mayor who saved his town by drinking a gallon of wine.

Originally envisioned by King Ludwig II to rival Versailles, Herrenchiemsee's "New Palace" remains half-gilded for lack of funds.

It's good luck to be mocked by this monkey.

The world's tallest church tower reveals a spectacular view to anyone up to the task of climbing the daunting staircase.

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.

Dress up like a miner and take a slide into the disco-lit depths of this once foundational salt mine.

This 600-year-old home seems to defy physics.

The prototype for all Nazi concentration camps.

Once the tallest building in the world, this abandoned church is now a monument to the destruction of WWII.

A small but immensely extravagant palace built by the "Night King."

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

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

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

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

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

Tour part of the Maginot Line bunker system built to defend France against a German invasion.

Lyon's miniature version of the Eiffel Tower was built as a statement in support of French secularism.

A copy of the Statue of Liberty greets visitors to the birthplace of Auguste Bartholdi.

An image of the legendary saint stands in the shadow of a cathedral she liberated.