A Saxony castle houses one of the largest and most outstanding mineral collections in the world.

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

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

These paved rills bring freshwater into Altstadt and could spell wedding bells for whoever stumbles into the waters.

Sitting in the basement of a castle, the largest wine barrel in the world is bigger than most apartments.

In this German city center, the streets have no names.

A former ironworks that was the first UNESCO industrial site.

A tiny chapel clings to a precipice above Germany’s gemstone capital.

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

This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.

This small museum nestled inside a souvenir shop is dedicated to Sweden's most well-known toy.

The discovery of an old wall led to the creation of this fascinating museum about the city in the Middle Ages.

The world's largest model of our planetary system.

It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.

The library's graceful rotunda is like a bibliophile's temple.

The design of this beautifully crafted building was inspired by Norwegian glaciers.

One man's exploration of the human form, including the bizarre and delightful "Man Attacked by Babies."

This giant urban staircase was built to keep the city's brave fighting men from getting waylaid in the red light district.

A former customs station on the border of Germany and the Netherlands.

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

Twisted buildings adorn the banks of the Rhine river.

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

Tiny memorials honor individual victims of the Holocaust.

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