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The world's tallest church tower reveals a spectacular view to anyone up to the task of climbing the daunting staircase.

The entrance to this Frankfurt subway station looks like an old tram car crashed into the concrete sidewalk.

One of the most easily accessible examples of the rare 1960s UFO houses.

The world's oldest rose is so tough it survived being bombed in World War II.

After years of being casually peed on by humans, this tree is peeing back.

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

A monument to the man who almost killed Hitler.

One of downtown Berlin's last reminders of its Communist past.

These brass bunnies honor the rabbits that dominated the no-man's-land around the Berlin Wall.

Slaughterhouse Five opens its dank doors to fans of Kurt Vonnegut.

This German bone house contains the remains of some 20,000 souls.

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.

Golden cobblestones remember a time when this small alley was used to avoid having to give a Nazi salute.

The prototype for all Nazi concentration camps.

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

Floating swimming pool within a moored vessel.

This little museum is making sure that the art and history of the graffiti sticker is not scraped from history.

These bronze pamphlets remember a remarkable group of Germans who fearlessly opposed the Nazis in the very center of their power.

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

Skeletons dressed in extravagant 18th century royal costumes cavort in the aisles of this German basilica.

A collection of abandoned typographic signs from Berlin and beyond.

Art and a pun, all in one.

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

Super-heavy Nazi architectural experiment.