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

Be it nature, art, or abandoned military architecture this eclectic German "museum" has you covered.

The real life town from the Pied Piper of Hamelin has a mechanical puppet show that retells the famous story many times a day.

Carved fountains poignantly placed in parks and in front of special monuments.

A narrow passage next to a cafe leads to a courtyard exploding with murals, tags, and paste-ups.

This museum tells the story of lake dwellers from 4000 BC to 850 BC, replete with stilt houses and goats.

The Bauhaus-style former industrial complex is considered the world's most beautiful coal mine.

A Nazi concentration camp and Anne Frank's place of death.

To the great disappointment of doomsdayers, this codex merely contains records of the Moon and Venus.

A statue honors the local legend that the devil helped build St. Mary's church after being tricked into thinking it was going to be a wine bar.

A 12th-century fortress containing some of Berlin's oldest buildings.

Each year, Germany's "City of Dragons" slays the world's largest walking robot.

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

Cold war icon and onetime "hole" in the iron curtain.

The ruins of an abandoned crematorium haunt an eerie deserted German cemetery.

From Ancient Rome to WWII, Neupfarrplatz has over 2,000 years of history underneath its main square.

The small alleys in Lübeck's Old Town are a result of medieval urban sprawl.

This 2,700-year-old woman is the jewel of the Maidstone Museum's Egyptian collection.

Iron Age "bog person" preserved for over 2,300 years.

Preserved "bog person" that is over 2,000 years old.

This permanent collection of preserved bodies taken from Irish bogs is one of the leading authorities on such morbid mummies.

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

Once the tallest building in the world, this abandoned church is now a monument to the destruction of WWII.

A Black Forest cuckoo clock theme park features one timepiece big enough to walk inside.