Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Čolina Kapa Astronomical Observatory
The haunting ruins of a military fortress turned astronomical observatory sit on a Sarajevo mountaintop.
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Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Museum of the Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
The place where World War I began.
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo Bobsleigh Track
A war-torn Olympic relic is being overtaken by graffiti and nature.
Prague, Czechia
Hunger Wall of Prague
Local folklore claims that this wall was not built for defense, but to provide labor during a time of famine.
Berlin, Germany
Gründer Geist
Keep your eyes out for this "ghost" and walking pun.
Berlin, Germany
Sternenwächter
A statue of an astronomer gazes at the sky as a tribute to Caroline Herschel.
Berlin, Germany
Haus des Lehrers
A socialist building dedicated to teachers showcases one of the largest Soviet mosaics in the world.
Berlin, Germany
‘Trains to Life – Trains to Death’
A haunting contrast of trains that both saved and took the lives of Jewish children in Nazi Germany.
Berlin, Germany
Otto Weidt's Workshop for the Blind
A brush maker used his factory to protect blind Jews from the Gestapo.
Berlin, Germany
Denkzeichen Georg Elser
A monument to the man who almost killed Hitler.
Berlin, Germany
German-Russian Museum
A museum in the building where Nazi Germany signed its surrender tells the story of World War II from the Soviet perspective.
Berlin, Germany
Abandoned Iraqi Embassy
When German-Iraqi relations broke down, this embassy was vacated post haste.
Berlin, Germany
Kaninchenfeld (Rabbit Field)
These brass bunnies honor the rabbits that dominated the no-man's-land around the Berlin Wall.
Berlin, Germany
Humboldthain Flak Tower
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.
Berlin, Germany
Soviet Graffiti in the Reichstag
The walls of Germany's Parliament still show the scars of the Red Army takeover in World War II.
Berlin, Germany
Spandauer Zitadelle (Spandau Citadel)
A 12th-century fortress containing some of Berlin's oldest buildings.
Berlin, Germany
Wir Waren Nachbarn (We Were Neighbors)
A unique Holocaust memorial tells the personal stories of the Jewish residents exiled from greater Berlin.
Berlin, Germany
Berliner Medizinhistorisches Museum
Home to 10,000 medical specimens including the remains of Rudolf Virchow's extensive collection of pathological specimens.
Berlin, Germany
Führerbunker Parking Lot
The bunker where Hitler took his own life is hidden under this deliberately ordinary parking lot.
Berlin, Germany
Berlin Story Bunker
This World War II bunker now survives as a documentation of the Nazi regime and war crimes.
Berlin, Germany
Buchstabenmuseum
A collection of abandoned typographic signs from Berlin and beyond.
Berlin, Germany
Teufelsberg
An abandoned NSA listening post on Berlin's "Devil's Mountain."
Berlin, Germany
The DDR Museum
A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.
Berlin, Germany
Vestiges of the Berlin Wall
On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.
