The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.

This historic stone bridge has an entire neighborhood clinging to its sides.

A stairway to heaven, or to nowhere at all.

A church filled with the bones of hundreds of virgins martyrs—or so they say.

This "floating railway" is one of the world's oldest monorail systems.

Living trees form the structure of an open-air palace.

"The most colorful grottoes of the world.

A small but immensely extravagant palace built by the "Night King."

An intricate and amazing house built by architect Karl Junker.

This Berlin island is home to a flock of free-roaming peacocks, as well as a historic ivory folly.

When the rain falls, this drain system turns into a musical instrument.

Berlin's natural history museum houses the world's largest mounted dinosaur and the late beloved polar bear Knut.

A striking 12th-century-style castle built on the edge of a cliff.

A wunderkammer of mysterious objects and stories.

Skeletons dressed in extravagant 18th century royal costumes cavort in the aisles of this German basilica.

Art and a pun, all in one.

A state-of-the-art medical facility from the Imperial era is now a derelict ruin.

A sprawling Baroque park with 300-year-old hydro-pneumatic waterworks.

This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.

This classic restaurant features a gorgeous mirror-clad room.

A surreal museum of extraordinary industrial objects.

Started as a kitchen garden, now the second largest botanical garden in the world.

A slice of central Asia in the middle of Berlin.

Ruins of a German Castle on top of a towering stone pillar.