Known simply as "The Hand," this famous public sculpture in Berlin was featured in a Depeche Mode music video.

In the summer of 1957, a massive architectural exhibition showed off the future of urban living in this German neighborhood.

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

Dedicated to the European Sinti and Roma peoples murdered during the Holocaust.

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

One of the world's heaviest musical instruments towers within a popular urban park.

This water-tower-turned-high-end-apartment building was once the site of an early Nazi concentration camp.

A socialist building dedicated to teachers showcases one of the largest Soviet mosaics in the world.

An old department store turned Nazi prison turned artist commune.

Tiny memorials honor individual victims of the Holocaust.

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

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

A monument to the man who almost killed Hitler.

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

The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.

This monumental work of art symbolizes the coming together of a previously divided city.

Where once there was a train station bathroom, there is now this German burger joint.

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

A towering monument to war, located on a beautifully peaceful hill.

Super-heavy Nazi architectural experiment.

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

The non-native bovine herd was brought in to help conserve these Berlin wetlands.

A 12th-century fortress containing some of Berlin's oldest buildings.

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