Places darkness Wants to Go

The "Prussian Versailles" that is as glorious today as when it was built.

Terrifying derelict military hospital once housed a recuperating Hitler.

Gardens representing parts of Asia, Europe, and the Mid East are tucked away among the Soviet-style buildings in East Berlin.

A statue of Vladimir Illyich Lenin guards this abandoned building in the "Forbidden City."

The ruined remains of the airport Claus von Stauffenberg departed in his failed attempt to kill Adolf Hitler.

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.

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

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

For patriotic Russians, this memorial honoring the Soviet soldiers who died liberating Berlin in 1945 is the most sacred location outside of Russia.

An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.

A tour of underground Berlin takes you through WWII air raid shelters and tunnels used to smuggle people out of East Germany.

Berlin's old airport.