A Black Forest cuckoo clock theme park features one timepiece big enough to walk inside.

The industrial monstrosity known as Bagger 258 is a colossal mining machine built in the DDR - but now left for dead in a German field.

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

In addition to fine dairy products, the world's most beautiful milk shop also offers a feast for the eyes.

Once the tallest building in the world, this abandoned church is now a monument to the destruction of WWII.

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

The great Danube river starts here.

This German bone house contains the remains of some 20,000 souls.

A 12th-century fortress containing some of Berlin's oldest buildings.

Among the ostentatious rococo ornamentation of this church, an image of death cuts the life-thread.

Beneath the impressive baroque cathedral that rises from the center of Berlin lies the largest collection of Prussian royals in the world.

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

This Nazi-built amphitheater was constructed on a sacred mountain site used by various German cults.

Explore the complex ecology of this multifaceted nature preserve by riverboat.

This German version of Universal Studios holds a vault of treasures from the NeverEnding Story.

What was once thought to be a wellspring of unicorn bones is actually just a prehistoric burial site.

An elevator into the Baltic Sea.

No need to strap in for a "ride" on this walkable roller coaster.

Between Neo-Pagans and Neo-Nazis, these strange rock formations have a curious cult following and a very strange history.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

These blingy, baubled skeletons lie in glass boxes inside a baroque Bavarian church.

Home to 10,000 medical specimens including the remains of Rudolf Virchow's extensive collection of pathological specimens.

From toys to kettles to scientific instruments, this German museum celebrates the beauty of 20th century design.

Gardens representing parts of Asia, Europe, and the Mid East are tucked away among the Soviet-style buildings in East Berlin.