A tiny basalt mountain with an observation tower overlooking the beautiful Bavarian countryside.

These tenacious 14th-century towers defied demolition and are now a fairytale vacation rental.

This giant statue of a vulva became internationally famous after an American exchange student got stuck in it.

These paved rills bring freshwater into Altstadt and could spell wedding bells for whoever stumbles into the waters.

The jaw of one of humankind's earliest ancestors on display at an overlooked geology museum.

This outdoor library provides around-the-clock access to around 7,000 books.

This stone amphitheater was once part of Nazi Germany's plan to promote propaganda.

A century-long search for a church that was never there.

This small condiment museum makes all manner of mustards with a 200-year-old mill.

A two-inch thick solid brass rod that extends an astounding one kilometer straight into the earth.

This strategic isle was once swapped between empires and almost entirely destroyed in a bomb explosion.

The "feral child" who appeared in Bavaria in the 19th century remains as much a mystery as his unsolved murder.

Medieval ruins on a tiny island amid a flooded lake offer romantic respite to lovers seeking privacy.

A Saxony castle houses one of the largest and most outstanding mineral collections in the world.

Amöneburg is a town perched on top of a basalt mountain in the middle of an ancient meteor crater.

Nestled within a German forest is an intriguing, growing rock.

The atomic museum in the basement of this German castle displays long strands of replica uranium cubes.

Walk inside a half mile long crevice right outside the town of Garmisch Partenkirchen.

At this cemetery, artists are invited to design their own gravestones.

A historic steam train meanders along one of the most scenic rail routes in Germany's Black Forest.

The natural mummy of the less than chivalrous Knight Kahlbutz.

A small concrete monument remembers a German cold case involving incest, farm tools, and psychics.

Germany has its very own Centralia, whose spark remains attributed to "spontaneous combustion."

The mass grave of the 27 victims of the "Vampire of Hanover."