A geothermal energy project gone wrong is fracturing the city's picturesque architecture.

A varied collection of brains in alcohol.

An exquisite panometer representing Dresden as it was from 1695 to 1760.

German-style coffee and cake, just like Oma used to make it.

This extremely narrow tenement boasts a maximum occupancy of just two.

The 1852 novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin" lends its name to a subway station, a street, and several shops on the edge of Berlin.

This massive steel pyramid can be entered by a set of jagged steps that let visitors stand in its heart.

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

Böttcherstraße's bells, extolling Nordic virtues and the great conquerors of the world.

The monumental home of Prussia’s eccentric "Cannon King."

This historic toy museum brings a little whimsy to a city not usually remembered for such things.

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

This fountain of a little boy that spits on passersby at erratic intervals is a town icon.

A ruined castle stands atop a hill surrounded by dragon lore.

Tourists often confuse this beautifully ornate former cigarette factory for a mosque.

The telescope that discovered Neptune.

This strange building looks like a medieval fortress crashed into a 1960s Brutalist office block.

The NASA scientists behind Apollo 11 started out developing Nazi weapons at this abandoned German rocket factory.

Once a path for Jewish funeral processions, this unassuming alleyway is rich in local lore.

This East German military command bunker was ready for World War III.

Made from trees and then abandoned, this fence is still growing along a path in Germany.

Fantastic views and thousands of love locks.

One of the oldest wine cellars in Germany is now a restaurant beneath Bremen's town hall.

This German fountain of a legendary apple wine-loving drink thief will spit on you.