This incredible stone temple is a monument to death, victory, and fantasy architecture.

The medieval institution is home to the precious treasure stolen in World War II in one of the greatest art thefts of the 20th century.

Bursting forth from a historic German neighborhood, these day-glo palaces are now a bright fixture in the town.

Executed in 1401, Exhumed in 1878, Stolen in 2010.

The architect of this fanciful complex called it an "oasis for humanity and nature in a sea of rational houses."

Twisted trees shaped by coastal winds make this woodland look like something from a spooky story.

The history of German architecture is explored across this fairy-scale mini-city.

The site of a concentration camp where inmates were made to take part in one of the largest counterfeiting operations in history is now hauntingly empty.

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

A subterranean display of public art and architecture.

This abandoned coliseum was intended to be a grand Nazi rallying ground before it was halted at the end of the war.

A former ironworks that was the first UNESCO industrial site.

An elegant chandelier hangs over this ancient sewer chamber, now open for concerts and public tours.

A strange rock formation with numerous legends trying to explain it.

In 1830, cemetery workers in Cham unearthed a chamber housing thousands of skeletal remains from the 13th century, which can still be viewed today.

The entrance to this Frankfurt subway station looks like an old tram car crashed into the concrete sidewalk.

An industrial relic is now one of Europe's most staggering art spaces.

Horrifically creative torture devices and shame punishments line the walls of this chilling museum.

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

This former steel and coal plant is now a neon-lit industrial fantasia.

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.

This ancient ruined monastery has been destroyed by fire so many times that it seems like God hates it.

Dress up like a miner and take a slide into the disco-lit depths of this once foundational salt mine.

It's always summer at the beach inside this former airship hangar.