A traditional U-Bahn station in Berlin gets a string of rather untraditional benches.

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

A 12th-century fortress containing some of Berlin's oldest buildings.

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

A unique Holocaust memorial tells the personal stories of the Jewish residents exiled from greater Berlin.

Beneath the impressive baroque cathedral that rises from the center of Berlin lies the largest collection of Prussian royals in the world.

This water-tower-turned-high-end-apartment building was once the site of an early Nazi concentration camp.

From Iggy Pop to David Bowie to Nick Cave, this regal music studio has served some of the all time greats.

Cold war icon and onetime "hole" in the iron curtain.

The world's first clock to use set theory as a measure of time required the invention of a new light bulb just to maintain its obtuse measurements.

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

A restaurant and observation deck built in a unique broadcasting antenna.

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

A museum dedicated to a Cold War era sausage.

Berlin's old airport.

The site of the famous Nazi book burning campaign of 1933 remembers its "Night of Shame".

This Berlin island is home to a flock of free-roaming peacocks, as well as a historic ivory folly.

Berlin's natural history museum houses the world's largest mounted dinosaur and the late beloved polar bear Knut.

Art and a pun, all in one.

A museum dedicated to the history of a terrifying secret police is now held in their former headquarters.

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

An abandoned NSA listening post on Berlin's "Devil's Mountain."

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

An old department store turned Nazi prison turned artist commune.