A brush maker used his factory to protect blind Jews from the Gestapo.

A narrow passage next to a cafe leads to a courtyard exploding with murals, tags, and paste-ups.

Art and a pun, all in one.

Reminders of the Battle of Berlin still scar the railway.

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

Berlin's beloved bear is immortalized at the Museum für Naturkunde.

When German-Iraqi relations broke down, this embassy was vacated post haste.

These former Nazi anti-aircraft towers offer a singular view of the north of Berlin in the summer, and a sanctuary for bats in winter.

An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.

This TV tower once secretly housed a GDR intelligence team.

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

A giant wooden soda bottle pays homage to a distinctly British drink on the very spot where it was invented.

This indoor ski resort has a mountain contained inside a mall.

The world's largest frame offers spectacular views of the city's past and present.

Tiny memorials honor individual victims of the Holocaust.

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

The giant statue and its model solar system honor the native Pole who declared that the Earth revolves around the Sun.

An old hill fort covered in over 100,000 crosses is a symbol of Lithuanian nationalism and beliefs.

Legend has it that Napoleon Bonaparte fell in love with this Gothic church.

While this monument tile is shrouded in mystery it also marks the end of the longest ever human chain.

This magnificent blue mosque in Afghanistan is surrounded by thousands of white doves.

This well-preserved Cistercian Abbey in a romantic pastoral setting has inspired artists like the poet Wordsworth.

Mysteriously stacked storefront paths give this medieval British town an iconic style like none other.

After mysteriously refusing to surrender at the end of World War II this sunken submarine was only salvaged in a search for Nazi gold.