These 18th century gardens tell a rocky story of the son of Odysseus.

The world's oldest rose is so tough it survived being bombed in World War II.

Retirement home for giant obsolete machines.

The abandoned remains of this Victorian brewery hide crumbling bowling alleys and rusting industrial gear.

The industrial monstrosity known as Bagger 258 is a colossal mining machine built in the DDR - but now left for dead in a German field.

This Nazi-built amphitheater was constructed on a sacred mountain site used by various German cults.

This German version of Universal Studios holds a vault of treasures from the NeverEnding Story.

A stairway to heaven, or to nowhere at all.

What was once thought to be a wellspring of unicorn bones is actually just a prehistoric burial site.

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

Silent memorial, using bone conduction to take people back to the Dresden Bombing of 1945.

This Berlin island is home to a flock of free-roaming peacocks, as well as a historic ivory folly.

Super-heavy Nazi architectural experiment.

Home to 10,000 medical specimens including the remains of Rudolf Virchow's extensive collection of pathological specimens.

Between Neo-Pagans and Neo-Nazis, these strange rock formations have a curious cult following and a very strange history.

Berlin's natural history museum houses the world's largest mounted dinosaur and the late beloved polar bear Knut.

The prototype for all Nazi concentration camps.

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

This historic stone bridge has an entire neighborhood clinging to its sides.

Living trees form the structure of an open-air palace.

"The most colorful grottoes of the world.

The fairy tale castle of the "fairy-tale king."

An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.

This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.