Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

Visitors can explore the role of mysticism throughout the ages inside this interactive museum of magic.

Skeletons dressed in extravagant 18th century royal costumes cavort in the aisles of this German basilica.

This "floating railway" is one of the world's oldest monorail systems.

When the rain falls, this drain system turns into a musical instrument.

A stairway to heaven, or to nowhere at all.

From toys to kettles to scientific instruments, this German museum celebrates the beauty of 20th century design.

This Berlin island is home to a flock of free-roaming peacocks, as well as a historic ivory folly.

An abandoned NSA listening post on Berlin's "Devil's Mountain."

A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.

Where once there was a train station bathroom, there is now this German burger joint.

This classic restaurant features a gorgeous mirror-clad room.

Art and a pun, all in one.

A wunderkammer of mysterious objects and stories.

The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.

This futuristic German spa allows visitors to float in a pool of salt water while zoning out to underwater techno.

A tour of underground Berlin takes you through WWII air raid shelters and tunnels used to smuggle people out of East Germany.

This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.

A whimsical and twisted animatronic monster tour beneath the streets of Berlin.

A surreal museum of extraordinary industrial objects.

The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.

An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.

The eccentric home of Estevão Silva da Conceição, known as the "Brazilian Gaudí."

An overlooked collection of over 350,000 artistic works created by psychiatric patients using art therapy.