This monument to those fallen in the World Wars is accompanied by a U-boat that Germany bought for a Deutsche Mark.

Germany has its very own Centralia, whose spark remains attributed to "spontaneous combustion."

A tilted half-timbered house from 1672 is built into a salvaged segment of a medieval wall.

Named after the German word for "a longingness to travel," this park brings together thousands of city and street signs from around the world.

The Goose Girl of Göttingen, Germany might well be the most kissed girl in the world.

A surprisingly detailed model of one of the most powerful telescopes in the world.

These abandoned Cold War-era bunkers are now a designated refuge for endangered bat species.

A spitting ode to a German serial killer.

A Neolithic celestial calendar standing in a nondescript wheat field.

This unique medieval artwork featuring the story of the Antichrist remained lost for decades.

The natural mummy of the less than chivalrous Knight Kahlbutz.

A stonemason's hilarious revenge came in the form of this peculiarly positioned gargoyle.

One of the largest legal spray spots in Hamburg.

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.

Nestled within a German forest is an intriguing, growing rock.

On the highest peak in the Harz Mountains, science and the occult faced off in a failed attempt to turn a goat into a boy.

A Saxony castle houses one of the largest and most outstanding mineral collections in the world.

This futuristic German television spire is actually the world's largest digital clock.

The only remaining U-boat that is still floating never actually saw any action in World War II.

This platform is now a memorial dedicated to those who were deported during the Holocaust.

These jeweled relics have a scandalous and contested past.

The 1852 novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin" lends its name to a subway station, a street, and several shops on the edge of Berlin.

One of the most well-known city festivals in the world.

This watchtower once presided over the Berlin Wall.