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

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

One of the world's heaviest musical instruments towers within a popular urban park.

Countless stories attempt to explain Poland's mysterious J-shaped trees.

These former Nazi anti-aircraft towers offer a singular view of the north of Berlin in the summer, and a sanctuary for bats in winter.

This watchtower once presided over the Berlin Wall.

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

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

Berlin's beloved bear is immortalized at the Museum für Naturkunde.

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

An old department store turned Nazi prison turned artist commune.

One of the largest numismatic collections in Europe fell victim to a huge theft.

A slice of central Asia in the middle of Berlin.

This classic restaurant features a gorgeous mirror-clad room.

Visitors can explore the role of mysticism throughout the ages inside this interactive museum of magic.

A whimsical and twisted animatronic monster tour beneath the streets of Berlin.

A narrow passage next to a cafe leads to a courtyard exploding with murals, tags, and paste-ups.

A brush maker used his factory to protect blind Jews from the Gestapo.

The largest free-standing aquarium in the world resides in a hotel lobby in Berlin.

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

Reminders of the Battle of Berlin still scar the railway.

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

Celebrating the works of a beloved Italian actor, known for such cult films as 'They Call Me Trinity' and 'Watch Out, We’re Mad!'

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