This temple to the sturm and drang of Richard Wagner contains a dragon's cave and reptile zoo full of living "dragons."

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.

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

A former ironworks that was the first UNESCO industrial site.

A strange rock formation with numerous legends trying to explain it.

An industrial relic is now one of Europe's most staggering art spaces.

This 8th-century Bavarian monastery is home to an exquisite Baroque-era library.

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

Remnants of an exploded schooner and wrecked submarines form a breakwater.

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

The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.

A stairway to heaven, or to nowhere at all.

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

An ancient pagan site swirling with legends in the foothills of Franconian Switzerland.

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

Slaughterhouse Five opens its dank doors to fans of Kurt Vonnegut.