This fountain of a little boy that spits on passersby at erratic intervals is a town icon.

Built to test magnetically levitated elevators, the tower also boasts Germany's highest visitor platform.

One of the most well-known city festivals in the world.

Böttcherstraße's bells, extolling Nordic virtues and the great conquerors of the world.

This ancient oak tree plays matchmaker for singles willing to branch out from the usual dating scene.

This strange building looks like a medieval fortress crashed into a 1960s Brutalist office block.

An exquisite panometer representing Dresden as it was from 1695 to 1760.

The castle where Martin Luther secretly translated the New Testament from Greek to German while in hiding.

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

Take a walk in a recreation of ancient Rome.

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

According to a satirical conspiracy theory that persists today, this German city of 300,000 is a hoax invented by the CIA.

The only microgravity tower in Europe can produce nine seconds of weightlessness.

A varied collection of brains in alcohol.

Every half hour the eye-rolling clock face sticks out its tongue to mock the good citizens of Koblenz.

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.

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

The narrowest street in the world is in danger of closing up entirely.

This wooden hotel is a temple to German sustainability and forest conservation.

A German town is growing a building out of trees.

To the great disappointment of doomsdayers, this codex merely contains records of the Moon and Venus.

Legendary site where an evil bishop was devoured by rodents.

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