Albert Einstein's head sticks out of a snail shell stacked on a rocket in this truly bizarre monument to the scientist.

The body of at least one victim of a construction accident was left behind in the collapsed pylon, buried under tons of concrete.

World's largest barrel containing an inn.

A tiny chapel clings to a precipice above Germany’s gemstone capital.

A memorial for a young woman and her ghost, which are claimed to have caused countless deathly shipwrecks.

Tiny castle in the middle of the Rhine made you pay to pass.

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

Legendary site where an evil bishop was devoured by rodents.

This historic funicular system combines the old with the new while offering delightful views over the surrounding valley.

Sitting in the basement of a castle, the largest wine barrel in the world is bigger than most apartments.

A fearsome dragon clings to a corner of Munich's city hall.

Every hour the doors open to reenact the legend of the heroic mayor who saved his town by drinking a gallon of wine.

The birthplace of Karl Marx is now a museum dedicated to the communist revolutionary's life and work.

It's good luck to be mocked by this monkey.

The largest bell in the world has been swinging high above a Cologne cathedral for almost a century.

The last bastion of Roman presence north of the Alps looms over a German town.

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

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

Dress up like a miner and take a slide into the disco-lit depths of this once foundational salt mine.

This 600-year-old home seems to defy physics.

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

A long spiraling walkway winds through the woods, and around a copper beech tree at the center.

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

This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.