Utrecht, Netherlands
Fish Doorbell at Weerdsluis Lock
The world's first fish doorbell monitors this water passageway.
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Amsterdam, Netherlands
Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam
Established in 1638 to battle the Black Death, this botanical garden is a treasure trove of rare flora.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Micropia
The world's first zoo for microbes collecting the horrible and wonderful things living on and around us.
Berlin, Germany
Stasi Museum
A museum dedicated to the history of a terrifying secret police is now held in their former headquarters.
Berlin, Germany
Berliner Unterwelten (Subterranean Berlin)
A tour of underground Berlin takes you through WWII air raid shelters and tunnels used to smuggle people out of East Germany.
Berlin, Germany
Memorial to the Sinti and Roma Victims of National Socialism
Dedicated to the European Sinti and Roma peoples murdered during the Holocaust.
Berlin, Germany
Stolpersteine Holocaust Memorials
Tiny memorials honor individual victims of the Holocaust.
Berlin, Germany
Tempelhof Airport
Berlin's old airport.
Berlin, Germany
Memorial to Homosexuals Persecuted Under Nazism
A memorial in the Tiergarten is a reminder of the suffering inflicted on homosexuals by the Nazi regime.
Berlin, Germany
Berlin-Friedrichstrasse Railway Station
Cold war icon and onetime "hole" in the iron curtain.
Berlin, Germany
Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.
Berlin, Germany
Führerbunker Parking Lot
The bunker where Hitler took his own life is hidden under this deliberately ordinary parking lot.
Berlin, Germany
DDR Watch Tower
This watchtower once presided over the Berlin Wall.
Berlin, Germany
Berlin Story Bunker
This World War II bunker now survives as a documentation of the Nazi regime and war crimes.
Berlin, Germany
Vestiges of the Berlin Wall
On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.
Berlin, Germany
The DDR Museum
A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.
Berlin, Germany
The Bebelplatz
The site of the famous Nazi book burning campaign of 1933 remembers its "Night of Shame".
Waterbury, Vermont
Ben & Jerry's Flavor Graveyard
The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.
Toronto, Ontario
Casa Loma
A 98-room castle in the middle of Toronto that bankrupted a 19th century electricity multimillionaire.
Toronto, Ontario
Toronto PATH
One of the largest underground systems runs under Canada's largest urban center.
Toronto, Ontario
Berczy Park Dog Fountain
This whimsical fountain pays tribute to Toronto's four-legged friends.
Monte, Portugal
Toboggan Ride from Monte to Funchal
Men in rubber-soled boots serve as your "brakes" on this toboggan ride Hemingway described as "exhilarating."
Las Breñas, Spain
Salinas de Janubio
A stunning example of traditional salt production set against a dramatic volcanic landscape.
Tinajo, Spain
Timanfaya National Park
Visit a surreal landscape so otherworldly NASA actually used it to train the Apollo 17 crew.
