Once a path for Jewish funeral processions, this unassuming alleyway is rich in local lore.

The mass grave of the 27 victims of the "Vampire of Hanover."

Remnants of a cone-shaped Nazi bomb shelter.

At this cemetery, artists are invited to design their own gravestones.

A Neolithic burial site erected around 3000 BC.

This ancient oak tree plays matchmaker for singles willing to branch out from the usual dating scene.

The telescope that discovered Neptune.

This massive steel pyramid can be entered by a set of jagged steps that let visitors stand in its heart.

Take a walk in a recreation of ancient Rome.

This dockworkers' lunch joint has been left leaning by a century of storm floods.

Böttcherstraße's bells, extolling Nordic virtues and the great conquerors of the world.

This extremely narrow tenement boasts a maximum occupancy of just two.

This airport currywurst stand is made out of retro airplane parts.

This historic toy museum brings a little whimsy to a city not usually remembered for such things.

A geothermal energy project gone wrong is fracturing the city's picturesque architecture.

Inside this Jewish cemetery is a memorial to soldiers who deserted the German army and were executed.

The site of good faith and good nature in the fictional world of Kcymaerxthaere.

The bells remain in a shattered heap exactly as they fell when the church was bombed in World War II.

Hamburg's first legal sex work is relegated to a gated street that still does not allow pedestrian women.

The NASA scientists behind Apollo 11 started out developing Nazi weapons at this abandoned German rocket factory.

Antique frame collection with 2,400 frames.

The name doubles as an appropriate adjective for this small ossuary.

This strange building looks like a medieval fortress crashed into a 1960s Brutalist office block.

The castle where Martin Luther secretly translated the New Testament from Greek to German while in hiding.