The body of at least one victim of a construction accident was left behind in the collapsed pylon, buried under tons of concrete.

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

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

An elevator into the Baltic Sea.

From morgue to urn, watch the whole process at this unusual educational attraction.

This 600-year-old home seems to defy physics.

A striking 12th-century-style castle built on the edge of a cliff.

A traditional U-Bahn station in Berlin gets a string of rather untraditional benches.

A century-old shot ball factory tower is open to the public once a year.

The 1936 Summer Olympics site is a crumbling remnant of sportsmanship and a history its host country would like to forget.

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

The name doubles as an appropriate adjective for this small ossuary.

In a small churchyard in Dingolfing, Germany the quaint Schusterkapelle is there to remind you of your imminent mortality.

In 1830, cemetery workers in Cham unearthed a chamber housing thousands of skeletal remains from the 13th century, which can still be viewed today.

A stairway to heaven, or to nowhere at all.

The Goose Girl of Göttingen, Germany might well be the most kissed girl in the world.

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

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

These blingy, baubled skeletons lie in glass boxes inside a baroque Bavarian church.

Soaring over 6,000 feet in the Bavarian Alps, this beer garden was once Hitler's 50th birthday present.

This German bone house contains the remains of some 20,000 souls.

The bunker where Hitler took his own life is hidden under this deliberately ordinary parking lot.

A small square plaque marks a failed assassination attempt that could have changed history.

Tucked away in a small German apartment is an eclectic museum devoted to West African vodun culture.