A surprisingly detailed model of one of the most powerful telescopes in the world.

A monument to the "father of modern warfare" Gustav II Adolf.

The first (but not only) upside-down house in Germany.

This German museum devoted to the simple wonders of salt is actually built over an old saltworks.

One of the only spherical 19th century gas containers left today.

At this cemetery, artists are invited to design their own gravestones.

An officers prison camp believed to be impregnable by the Germans saw over 30 successful escapes.

Opulent period costumes and murals lead you on a journey through fashion history.

Small museum dedicated to one of the founding fathers of modern astronautics.

An engineering wonder at Pillnitz Castle protects a precious 230-year-old flowering shrub.

This proud Teutonic warrior rises out of a German forest heralding a victory and measuring lightning.

In this brilliant blue spring in Germany, legend has it that a sad mermaid learned to finally laugh.

It has an American Dream Car exhibit, Europe's largest Formula One collection, and many, many mannequins.

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

A towering monument to war, located on a beautifully peaceful hill.

Oberweissbacher Bergbahn - a broad-gauged cable car capable transfering railcars.

A serious museum dedicated to two German comedians.

Bring out your dead (saints that have been festooned and bejeweled, so that we can parade them around the town)!

World's largest barrel containing an inn.

The jaw of one of humankind's earliest ancestors on display at an overlooked geology museum.

First museum dedicated to the research and history of Epilepsy.

A city's controversial tribute to its founder depicts townspeople flashing their bare behinds.

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

This strategic isle was once swapped between empires and almost entirely destroyed in a bomb explosion.