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

Slaughterhouse Five opens its dank doors to fans of Kurt Vonnegut.

An astonishingly accurate water clock that doubles as an hourly spectacle in this Berlin shopping area.

A Syrian family keeps memories of their homeland alive at this sweet shop.

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

This TV tower once secretly housed a GDR intelligence team.

After fleeing the Syrian civil war, chef Malakeh Jazmati began serving exceptional renditions of her homeland's cuisine in Berlin.

A century-old shot ball factory tower is open to the public once a year.

You've probably seen these distinctive orange-tiled columns on the big screen.

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

Superb sweets await at the first Jewish bakery inducted into Berlin’s prestigious baker’s guild.

One of the oldest cemeteries in Germany was originally used for victims of a cholera epidemic.

An old tram depot transformed into a vintage car paradise.

An imperial church bombed to ruins during WWII now stands as a jagged memorial.

For more than 170 years, this family-run bakery has been serving Berlin’s best Baumkuchen, or “tree cake.”

Reminders of the Battle of Berlin still scar the railway.

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

Germany's Glienicke Bridge has a shady history of clandestine meetings, espionage, and spycraft.

The skeletal frame of a decommissioned gas-pumping station offers breathtaking views of greater Berlin.

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

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

Berlin's oldest surviving academic architecture hosted decades of animal dissections.

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

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