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

This public observatory is home to the "celestial cannon," the longest pointable telescope in the world.

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

A museum in the building where Nazi Germany signed its surrender tells the story of World War II from the Soviet perspective.

Tourists often confuse this beautifully ornate former cigarette factory for a mosque.

A famous big wave from Japan serves as a tribute to the victims of the disastrous Elbe flood.

The largest treasure hoard in Europe is contained in a castle that was bombed out during World War II.

The “Coin Cabinet of Dresden” houses a collection of over 300,000 numismatic artifacts, one of the largest of its kind in Europe.

This Dresden church was purposely rebuilt Protestant after being demolished in World War II.

Silent memorial, using bone conduction to take people back to the Dresden Bombing of 1945.

After this historic church was destroyed by World War II bombing, its blackened shell was left standing as a monument.

This feat of German engineering is one of the only elevators in the world following a curved path.

This gateway to subterranean Hanover plays jazz, pop and rock to surprised passersby.

One room inside this building mesmerizes all with its parabolic dome.

Böttcherstraße's bells, extolling Nordic virtues and the great conquerors of the world.

A stunning gilt bronze relief denounced by Hitler as "degenerate art"—even though it was dedicated to the Nazi leader.

One of the oldest wine cellars in Germany is now a restaurant beneath Bremen's town hall.

Hamburgers are intensely proud of their tunnel beneath the river.

This red light district plaza memorializes the Fab Four and their historic connection to the area.

Hamburg's first legal sex work is relegated to a gated street that still does not allow pedestrian women.

A mammoth WWII anti-air defense tower has been repurposed as a hotel with a rooftop garden.

Hidden in plain sight on a gable between two towers on the roof of shipping firm F. Laeisz' headquarter in Hamburg sits an unexpected bronze sculpture.

Once the tallest building in the world, this abandoned church is now a monument to the destruction of WWII.

Model Trains and Much More in Hamburg.