This Dresden church was purposely rebuilt Protestant after being demolished in World War II.

The largest treasure hoard in Europe is contained in a castle that was bombed out during World War II.

A museum dedicated to the history of a terrifying secret police is now held in their former headquarters.

Home to 10,000 medical specimens including the remains of Rudolf Virchow's extensive collection of pathological specimens.

Art and a pun, all in one.

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

From toys to kettles to scientific instruments, this German museum celebrates the beauty of 20th century design.

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.

A museum dedicated to a Cold War era sausage.

The site of good faith and good nature in the fictional world of Kcymaerxthaere.

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

The world's first clock to use set theory as a measure of time required the invention of a new light bulb just to maintain its obtuse measurements.

A collection of abandoned typographic signs from Berlin and beyond.

An abandoned NSA listening post on Berlin's "Devil's Mountain."

This conical hill was built as a testing ground for an engineer known as the Glider King.

Started as a kitchen garden, now the second largest botanical garden in the world.

Elaborate mansions built by Roma residents in Soroca to show their success after centuries of discrimination.

A symbolic graveyard for the villages that perished during the Nazi invasion of Belarus.

Glowing orb in Minsk houses 8,600,000 items.

The etchings on this narrow channel between two islands bear witness to maritime travelers who have passed through since the Middle Ages.

This endearingly discomfited urinating statue commemorates the sneaky pees had by us all.

A small monument in Lithuania marks the geographic center of Europe—or at least one of the claimants.

This Latvian shot factory is still used twice a year to manufacture bullets the old-fashioned way.