Berlin, Germany
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Berlin, Germany
Check the time in 145 countries at once with this East German relic.
Berlin, Germany
An intersection between architecture, industrial construction, machine, and scientific instrument.
Konstanz, Germany
A sculpture of a courtesan towers above Lake Constance, recalling a church scandal.
Berlin, Germany
Likely the world’s only place where you’re meant to skate on top of cars.
Berlin, Germany
One of the best-preserved pieces of DDR propaganda in Berlin.
Berlin, Germany
A curious memorial to the Berlin Wall, German division, the war, and those who died at the wall.
Hamburg, Germany
Multiple versions of this horned sculpture, tied to local legend, have been stolen over the years.
Schwerin, Germany
A carved figure embodying the palace’s pint-sized but protective spirit rooted in local folklore.
Hamburg, Germany
Carved scenes of sex work and unglamorous labour beneath a cultural hero.
Hamburg, Germany
Elevated brass pavilions form a kaleidoscope of fragmented views of the surrounding historic cityscape.
Berlin, Germany
Art and concrete merge into a single entity within a WWII bunker that possesses a deeply storied and turbulent history.
Berlin, Germany
An Anatolian immigrant created his own little paradise in the shadow of the Berlin Wall, made possible by the tensions of the Cold War.
Berlin, Germany
Along the banks of the Teltow Canal in southwestern Berlin stands one of the city’s most controversial buildings, a hulking Brutalist laboratory that looks more like a warship than a research facility.
Berlin, Germany
An important message and optimistic splash of color in a troubled neighborhood.
Hamburg, Germany
A suburban monument preserves the faces of twenty murdered Jewish boys and girls.
Berlin, Germany
In a quiet neighborhood in the south of Berlin is one of the most ambitious social housing experiments of the 20th century.
Tbilisi, Georgia
With over 10,000 lights, this engineering marvel lights up the city after dark.
Kvareli, Georgia
This medieval fortress is (or was till 2017) the home stadium of the football club FC Duruji Kvareli.
Sachkhere, Georgia
This old Soviet gas station is in perfect condition, one of the best-preserved mosaics in the country.
Tsinandali, Georgia
In the garden of a Georgia museum, without any explanation, is a monumental head of the Communist icon.
Tbilisi, Georgia
Abandoned museum from the last days of Soviet domination, with a unique Brutalist design.
Stepantsminda, Georgia
Unexpected work of street art in a remote Caucasus mountain town.
Kutaisi, Georgia
A fountain filled with golden statues, celebrating the the ancient kingdom of Colchis.
Zemo Nichbisi, Georgia
Towering metal swords commemorate a 12th-century victory.