A bust of Franz Kafka spins in pieces, reflecting the writer's inner torment.

A massive relic of the communist era of Berlin.

Dedicated to the European Sinti and Roma peoples murdered during the Holocaust.

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

The best bagels in Berlin are tucked away in an independent bookstore.

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

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

A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.

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

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

Oldest Museum of the Netherlands is a true cabinet of curiosities.

This annual harvest parade features intricate floats covered with fruits, vegetables, and seeds.

A gigantic teapot sitting on top of a parking garage in the center of Utrecht.

The world's largest bicycle shelter can hold more than 12,500 two-wheelers.

An independent cinema housed in a former pathological anatomy laboratory.

Atop this former dutch railway office sits an interstellar work of art.

'The Letters of Utrecht' lays out a ribbon of poetry one letter at a time, with no final verse in sight.

The mirrored section takes the shape of Hebrew characters when viewed from above.

A unique work of automotive art calls this shopping center home.

The ruins of a medieval castle that once belonged to one of the most powerful families in the Netherlands.

The topiary maze at the Habsburg hunting lodge.

Legend says this fabled well held part of a mythical Norse tree.

A small church in Uppsala hides the grave of a renowned 18th-century astronomer.

The official meeting point for the oddly named governing assembly of ancient Sweden.