An astonishingly accurate water clock that doubles as an hourly spectacle in this Berlin shopping area.

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

A thin golden line commemorates the deadliest terrorist attack in recent German history.

An intersection between architecture, industrial construction, machine, and scientific instrument.

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

One of the best-preserved pieces of DDR propaganda in Berlin.

This watchtower once presided over the Berlin Wall.

From Iggy Pop to David Bowie to Nick Cave, this regal music studio has served some of the all time greats.

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

A monument to the man who almost killed Hitler.

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

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

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

Tiny memorials honor individual victims of the Holocaust.

The site of the famous Nazi book burning campaign of 1933 remembers its "Night of Shame".

Largely overlooked, this little fountain on Museum Island is a whimsical tribute to a Prussian king nicknamed the “Fatty Flounder.”

A poignant memorial that traces two hundred years of German history.

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

A neglected and disused parking garage ramp has become home street artists to share their art.

Once a forgotten city-wall tower, now the centerpiece of an underground bicycle parking.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

A bizarre example of collective behavior resulted in thousands of shoe prints in Vegas parking lots.

An independent cinema housed in a former pathological anatomy laboratory.

Amsterdam's narrowest house facade is a monument to 17th-century tax evasion.