After a nearly successful attempt on Hitler's life, the conspirators met their fate in the courtyard of this Berlin building.

A historic fire call point.

With no menu and no sign, this 130-year-old taverna doles out affordable home cooking.

Legend says this sacred tree was a gift from goddess Athena.

A B.Y.O.B. Mexican cantina lives inside one of the last tortilla factories in Brooklyn.

A band of aerialists and circus performers putting on incredible shows in East Williamsburg.

A Wisconsin kitsch palace from the 1930s lives its second life in 21st-century Brooklyn.

This monumental work of art symbolizes the coming together of a previously divided city.

These brass bunnies honor the rabbits that dominated the no-man's-land around the Berlin Wall.

Someone loved this song enough to carve all of its lyrics onto a tree trunk in a Berlin park.

A 90-year-old underground water reservoir offers a more industrial kind of tranquility.

Eat like pre-Columbian Native Americans in this New Mexico restaurant within the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center.

This coffee shop lies hidden beneath a historic church.

Those belting out show tunes in this West Village piano bar might not realize it marks the site where Thomas Paine died in 1809.

The French deconstructionist had a weakness for baked goods.

Sausages, schnitzel, and weiners.

Try a classic Necco candy bar being resurrected in a small suburban shop.

This nearly 200-year-old restaurant's history includes an exiled French prince, JFK, and a very hungry Daniel Webster.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

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

In the summer of 1957, a massive architectural exhibition showed off the future of urban living in this German neighborhood.