According to legend a man pooped out the window of this tower to prove that it was straight.

For centuries, Germans have been dancing in trees.

The mass grave of the 27 victims of the "Vampire of Hanover."

A century-long search for a church that was never there.

An extraordinary mechanical calculator designed by the mathematician and philosopher Gottfried Leibniz.

At this exhibit on the world of poison, venomous animals steal the show.

A simple tribute to the microscopic arachnid that gives its juices and its life to help make a speciality German cheese.

This famed marionette theater and museum is bursting with imaginative string puppets.

The atomic museum in the basement of this German castle displays long strands of replica uranium cubes.

A graveyard and memorial chapel for victims of leprosy.

A collection of 4,000 thimbles that's more versatile than one might imagine.

One of the world's heaviest musical instruments towers within a popular urban park.

This giant, 83-year-old ship elevator is an engineering feat to behold.

The "feral child" who appeared in Bavaria in the 19th century remains as much a mystery as his unsolved murder.

From Nazi chemicals to the CIA, this architectural marvel has played a fascinating role in German history.

This small town in Germany was once a center of peppermint production, and has the museum to prove it.

A two-inch thick solid brass rod that extends an astounding one kilometer straight into the earth.

A tilted half-timbered house from 1672 is built into a salvaged segment of a medieval wall.

Amöneburg is a town perched on top of a basalt mountain in the middle of an ancient meteor crater.

Tucked away in a small German apartment is an eclectic museum devoted to West African vodun culture.

The oldest trees in Northern Germany.

Medieval ruins on a tiny island amid a flooded lake offer romantic respite to lovers seeking privacy.

On the highest peak in the Harz Mountains, science and the occult faced off in a failed attempt to turn a goat into a boy.

This old wooden funicular railway leads to a cemetery in the forest.