This beautiful 19th-century temple stands atop the ruins of its predecessor.

A modern museum dedicated to the fairytales and dictionary work of the Brothers Grimm.

The birthplace of Karl Marx is now a museum dedicated to the communist revolutionary's life and work.

This watchtower once presided over the Berlin Wall.

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

It's good luck to be mocked by this monkey.

This historic funicular system combines the old with the new while offering delightful views over the surrounding valley.

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

Walk inside a half mile long crevice right outside the town of Garmisch Partenkirchen.

An imperial church bombed to ruins during WWII now stands as a jagged memorial.

A memorial in the Tiergarten is a reminder of the suffering inflicted on homosexuals by the Nazi regime.

Metro station with a claim to rock n' roll fame.

A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.

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

Go surfing on this urban wave, "hacked" by local surfers.

An industrial relic is now one of Europe's most staggering art spaces.

A fearsome dragon clings to a corner of Munich's city hall.

One of downtown Berlin's last reminders of its Communist past.

A restaurant and observation deck built in a unique broadcasting antenna.

Berlin's old airport.

The walls of Germany's Parliament still show the scars of the Red Army takeover in World War II.

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

The site of the famous Nazi book burning campaign of 1933 remembers its "Night of Shame".

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