This curious sculpture represents the perseverance needed to take to the skies.

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

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

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

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

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

The oldest Jewish cemetery in Europe survived Hitler's Germany.

Money made from smuggling sugar helped create this wondrous rock maze in honor of the Prussian Queen Louise.

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.

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.

This unique exhibit "Dialogue in the Dark" reverses roles as the visionless become guides and the sighted become ‘blind.’

This century-old cinema house has a marquee that has been hand painted by a single man for over 25 years.

A wunderkammer of exoticism immortalized by Tom Waits.

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

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

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

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

The "Prussian Versailles" that is as glorious today as when it was built.

The world's oldest rose is so tough it survived being bombed in World War II.

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.

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

This Dresden church was purposely rebuilt Protestant after being demolished in World War II.

Taste freshly foraged yarrow and black locust blossoms at this ambitious cocktail bar.