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

A Nazi concentration camp and Anne Frank's place of death.

The last bastion of Roman presence north of the Alps looms over a German town.

Remnants of an exploded schooner and wrecked submarines form a breakwater.

Originally envisioned by King Ludwig II to rival Versailles, Herrenchiemsee's "New Palace" remains half-gilded for lack of funds.

When a medieval fire claimed the original St. Stephen’s Cathedral, it sparked a pattern of unquenchable organ building.

This lurid German fountain plots the sad course of marriage from dating to death.

This ancient ruined monastery has been destroyed by fire so many times that it seems like God hates it.

The largest bell in the world has been swinging high above a Cologne cathedral for almost a century.

Once the tallest building in the world, this abandoned church is now a monument to the destruction of WWII.

The home of the morbid art of corpse plastination is open for visitors to view the fascinating, but stomach-churning process.

This former Nazi castle was built as a school to train what would have been the future of the Third Reich.

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

What was once thought to be a wellspring of unicorn bones is actually just a prehistoric burial site.

Germany's last remaining Lenin statue has become a lightning rod of debate about the country's divided past.

This historic stone bridge has an entire neighborhood clinging to its sides.

This monument to those fallen in the World Wars is accompanied by a U-boat that Germany bought for a Deutsche Mark.

The only remaining U-boat that is still floating never actually saw any action in World War II.

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

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

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

This futuristic German television spire is actually the world's largest digital clock.

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

This wooden hotel is a temple to German sustainability and forest conservation.