Berlin's natural history museum houses the world's largest mounted dinosaur and the late beloved polar bear Knut.

After a nearly successful attempt on Hitler's life, the conspirators met their fate in the courtyard of this Berlin building.

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

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

For patriotic Russians, this memorial honoring the Soviet soldiers who died liberating Berlin in 1945 is the most sacred location outside of Russia.

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

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

This World War II bunker now survives as a documentation of the Nazi regime and war crimes.

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

Cold war icon and onetime "hole" in the iron curtain.

A museum specifically dedicated to the Trabant, one of the iconic automobiles of the GDR.

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

Walking by this fence is like strolling along a portal to various fictional worlds.

A bike being "eaten" by a tree is the real Vashon legend behind popular children's book, "Red Ranger Came Calling."

Thomas Dambo's troll sculpture wears a crown with birdhouses on his head.

Overlooking Puget Sound sits a garden with a Buddhist prayer wheel and an elaborate labyrinth.

This 18-foot-tall public art installation is another of sculptor Thomas Dambo's trolls.

This monument remembers the first Japanese Americans forcibly relocated during World War II.

The four tall pillars once marked the entrance of the historic Seattle church that fought for women's suffrage and civil rights.

A large AIDS Memorial Pathway art installation provides a moment for quiet contemplation in this public park.

This public art piece proves that in Portland even reporting the weather is a thing of whimsy.

Definitely not a clown bar.

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.