Walk inside a half mile long crevice right outside the town of Garmisch Partenkirchen.

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

This old wooden funicular railway leads to a cemetery in the forest.

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

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

Solar observatory doubles as a daring display of Expressionist architecture, much to Einstein's chagrin.

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

After a nearly successful attempt on Hitler's life, the conspirators met their fate in the courtyard of this Berlin building.

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

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

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

This historic funicular system combines the old with the new while offering delightful views over the surrounding valley.

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

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

A stunning two-story timepiece within a medieval Brick Gothic church.

The home of the morbid art of corpse plastination is open for visitors to view the fascinating, but stomach-churning process.

Crop circles inspired this whimsical garden in Germany.

The stones of this formerly witch-obsessed castle were used to build a church.

A towering monument to war, located on a beautifully peaceful hill.

A preserved Nazi labor camp now has a Holocaust museum on site and memorials to the thousands that died while imprisoned at the camp.

A meteorite-bounded town in Bavaria.

The first (but not only) upside-down house in Germany.

King Ludwig I's collection of beautiful women.

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