Thousands of tourists and residents in Cologne affix "love padlocks" on the Hohenzollernbrücke Bridge to symbolize their affections.

The largest brick bridge in the world.

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

This lurid German fountain plots the sad course of marriage from dating to death.

King Ludwig I's collection of beautiful women.

Enter the cabin of a life-sized Hindenburg replica.

Germany's Glienicke Bridge has a shady history of clandestine meetings, espionage, and spycraft.

The many—66 to be exact—faces of the German forest.

An ornate century-old elevator still connects the two halves of Bad Schandau.

This incredible stone temple is a monument to death, victory, and fantasy architecture.

This obscene artwork on the side of a newspaper office pokes fun at a rival paper's former editor-in-chief.

When a medieval fire claimed the original St. Stephen’s Cathedral, it sparked a pattern of unquenchable organ building.

Retirement home for giant obsolete machines.

The medieval institution is home to the precious treasure stolen in World War II in one of the greatest art thefts of the 20th century.

Ample proof that watery ends make for well-preserved, millenia-old mummies.

Bursting forth from a historic German neighborhood, these day-glo palaces are now a bright fixture in the town.

Executed in 1401, Exhumed in 1878, Stolen in 2010.

The architect of this fanciful complex called it an "oasis for humanity and nature in a sea of rational houses."

Goethe's "Faust" was inspired by these rock formations known as the "Devil's Pulpit" and "Witches' Altar."

This curious sculpture represents the perseverance needed to take to the skies.

The oldest Jewish cemetery in Europe survived Hitler's Germany.

This painted Lego bridge is the product of over a century of locomotive history.

This Rococo church is known as the most beautiful village church in the world, and does not disappoint.

This century-old cinema house has a marquee that has been hand painted by a single man for over 25 years.