Giant wind turbine with observation deck at the very top.

The narrowest street in the world is in danger of closing up entirely.

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

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

A top-secret bunker now turned museum, is an eerie look at what life would have looked like in the event of nuclear war.

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

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

A dilapidated space station with overtones of 'Alien' and 'Bladerunner' featuring a multiplayer games galore.

Legendary site where an evil bishop was devoured by rodents.

A rare water-powered funicular, it uses a huge tank of water and gravity to do its work.

From Ancient Rome to WWII, Neupfarrplatz has over 2,000 years of history underneath its main square.

This airport currywurst stand is made out of retro airplane parts.

The Bauhaus-style former industrial complex is considered the world's most beautiful coal mine.

You've probably seen these distinctive orange-tiled columns on the big screen.

The real life town from the Pied Piper of Hamelin has a mechanical puppet show that retells the famous story many times a day.

This bakery and museum offers tours of the tastes and mythology of Aachen's signature spice biscuit—just don't ask for the recipe.

The small alleys in Lübeck's Old Town are a result of medieval urban sprawl.

A kindergarten shaped like a cat with a tail that's a slide.

A museum dedicated to the silliest fruit.

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

Built to test magnetically levitated elevators, the tower also boasts Germany's highest visitor platform.

Four-story slides send people whizzing through the math department at this Munich university.

A museum honoring Germany’s cucumber mecca offers a great dill of gherkin history.

An old slaughterhouse now holds the largest collection of pig artifacts.