A wonderfully versatile natural history curio cabinet preserved since the 1840s.

Residing along a busy thoroughfare, this sculpture urges passersby to consider the future.

One of the oldest student jails in Germany.

This tremendous timepiece was once the largest cuckoo clock in the world.

Whimsical wash tubs row down the stream as part of this Carnival celebration.

The final resting place of the famed German pilot, the "Red Baron."

These paved rills bring freshwater into Altstadt and could spell wedding bells for whoever stumbles into the waters.

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

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

The 3,600-year-old archeological sensation is considered to be the oldest representation of the cosmos.

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.

As lake waters recede, a German village reemerges after more than a hundred years.

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

An abandoned underground bathroom is now a space for public art.

A stunning two-story timepiece within a medieval Brick Gothic church.

The home of the morbid art of corpse plastination is open for visitors to view the fascinating, but stomach-churning process.

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

Enter the cabin of a life-sized Hindenburg replica.

Hamburgers are intensely proud of their tunnel beneath the river.

One man's personal kunstkammer, museum and shop.

The final resting place of many of Germany's most famous communists.

This German museum is devoted to all aspects of grave culture from headstones to coffins.

The "Prussian Versailles" that is as glorious today as when it was built.

A unique hanging cable-car navigates through Dresden, the oldest suspension railway in the world.