Among the ostentatious rococo ornamentation of this church, an image of death cuts the life-thread.

Golden cobblestones remember a time when this small alley was used to avoid having to give a Nazi salute.

These bronze pamphlets remember a remarkable group of Germans who fearlessly opposed the Nazis in the very center of their power.

Go surfing on this urban wave, "hacked" by local surfers.

An unofficial monument to the late King of Pop sits at the base of a Renaissance composer's statue

This tribute to the 16th-century composer is now an unusual shrine to Michael Jackson.

A fearsome dragon clings to a corner of Munich's city hall.

The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.

The footprint of a frustrated devil in Munich's Cathedral.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

Ugly 18th-century dwarf statues living in a perfectly landscaped Austrian garden.

Where once there was a train station bathroom, there is now this German burger joint.

A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.

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

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

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

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

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

The largest stretch of the Berlin Wall is right on top of the former SS headquarters

A monument to the man who almost killed Hitler.

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

A grumpy old water goblin guarding an old mill on the Devil’s Stream in Prague.

A series of playful yellow penguins share a serious message about the environment.

This moving sculpture depicts contortionist positions based on photographs of gymnast Věra Čáslavská, who protested the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia.