This former Nazi castle was built as a school to train what would have been the future of the Third Reich.

In a small churchyard in Dingolfing, Germany the quaint Schusterkapelle is there to remind you of your imminent mortality.

The ruined remains of the airport Claus von Stauffenberg departed in his failed attempt to kill Adolf Hitler.

Hitler's bleak vision of relaxation still stands as a mostly abandoned 10,000-room resort complex.

This 8th-century Bavarian monastery is home to an exquisite Baroque-era library.

The world's most delightful not-NOT-religion welcomes visitors to the town of Templin, just like its more stoic peers.

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

After years of being casually peed on by humans, this tree is peeing back.

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

Ample proof that watery ends make for well-preserved, millenia-old mummies.

One man's personal kunstkammer, museum and shop.

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

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

This German museum is devoted to all aspects of grave culture from headstones to coffins.

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

Housed in an old church, this hunting museum holds a collection of mythical bird-rabbit creatures.

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

In this truly magical place, rent hasn't been raised since the year 1520.

This 600-year-old home seems to defy physics.

A quaint Russian village in the middle of a German metropolis.

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

The footprint of a frustrated devil in Munich's Cathedral.

A German apartment building hosting as many trees as human occupants.

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