Berliners converted a bombed-out, disused lot into a community-run urban farm with its own cafe and bar.

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

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

"The most colorful grottoes of the world.

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

A stairway to heaven, or to nowhere at all.

What started as a tongue-in-cheek shrine is now a full-blown museum celebrating "The Hoff" and his longtime love affair with Berlin.

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

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

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

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

The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.

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

One of the largest legal spray spots in Hamburg.

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

This contentious squat has stood through fire, violence, and government intervention as a hotbed of leftist protest.

This dockworkers' lunch joint has been left leaning by a century of storm floods.

A fascinating little museum dedicated to the thousands of chemical substances concealed in our food.

A wunderkammer of exoticism immortalized by Tom Waits.

Wax models of disease and deformity are on display at this German medical museum.

Remnants of an exploded schooner and wrecked submarines form a breakwater.

An intricate and amazing house built by architect Karl Junker.

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

This statue is dedicated to the animal cosmonauts that perished during space flight experiments.