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

The site of a concentration camp where inmates were made to take part in one of the largest counterfeiting operations in history is now hauntingly empty.

This Berlin island is home to a flock of free-roaming peacocks, as well as a historic ivory folly.

Germany's Glienicke Bridge has a shady history of clandestine meetings, espionage, and spycraft.

A quaint Russian village in the middle of a German metropolis.

Terrifying derelict military hospital once housed a recuperating Hitler.

The 1936 Summer Olympics site is a crumbling remnant of sportsmanship and a history its host country would like to forget.

The resting place of 18th century German mummies.

Where the interconnection of German power grids should be.

The natural mummy of the less than chivalrous Knight Kahlbutz.

These mechanical goats first battled it out in the year 1551, all because of an overcooked deer.

The shattered remains of the world's once tallest structure.

Deep in a Polish forest, this collection of Iron Age megaliths still holds onto many of its ancient secrets.

An abandoned Nazi explosives plant founded by the inventor of dynamite is now an underground museum.

The relics are stored in a silver reliquary, where they can be seen through glass.

Once a giant gingerbread factory, this space now hosts exhibits and workshops on the historic treat.

These rare statues are one of the few remaining material witnesses to Old Prussian culture.

This antique thermometer honors the creator of the first universal temperature scale.

Memorial to the lost dead of Gdansk, whose resting places were destroyed during World War II.

A mysterious emblem tucked in an small alleyway is actually the coat of arms of a heroic medieval family.

A huge wooden clock that is so beautiful its creator was forcibly blinded.

A miniatures park with a model of Wolf's Lair as it looked during World War II.

This Nazi ruin was the site where Hitler was almost blown up by a suitcase bomb.

A haunting deserted hotel is a favorite with artists and photographers.