A castle from the Holy Roman Empire that hosts traveling youth... in its stables.

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

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

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

Hamburg's first legal sex work is relegated to a gated street that still does not allow pedestrian women.

Hamburgers are intensely proud of their tunnel beneath the river.

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

Cold war icon and onetime "hole" in the iron curtain.

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.

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

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

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

Germany's Glienicke Bridge has a shady history of clandestine meetings, espionage, and spycraft.

This enchanting mountain plateau celebrates spooky local folklore.

Goethe's "Faust" was inspired by these rock formations known as the "Devil's Pulpit" and "Witches' Altar."

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.

The real life town from the Pied Piper of Hamelin has a mechanical puppet show that retells the famous story many times a day.

Striking occult iconography on a medieval German church.

Long tunnels run under the ancient chariot racing circuit to the tower.

This Roman arena once played host to bloody gladiatorial battles.

In one of the smallest countries in the world stands an original Salvador Dalí sculpture.

Now a pile of ruins and rubble, this was a lovely mountain town as recently as 1960.

This magical space partly designed by Antoni Gaudi is one of the best examples of romantic gardening in the Mediterranean.