Inside this Jewish cemetery is a memorial to soldiers who deserted the German army and were executed.

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

At one of Berlin’s oldest churches, visitors can place mosaic tiles to help restore a medieval mural.

A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.

Berliners converted a bombed-out, disused lot into a community-run urban farm with its own cafe and bar.

The final resting place of many of Germany's most famous communists.

A monument to the man who almost killed Hitler.

Named after a militant urban guerilla, this famous former squat is a graffiti-covered stronghold of leftist culture.

Home to 10,000 medical specimens including the remains of Rudolf Virchow's extensive collection of pathological specimens.

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

A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.

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

The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.

A slice of central Asia in the middle of Berlin.

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

This cemetery features modernist statues as strange as its name.

A beautiful but toxic fountain of mercury.

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.

Construction of Barcelona’s iconic (but controversial) church was finally completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

A once grand hotel now sits eerily abandoned in the Catalan countryside outside Barcelona.

The mystic whose incorrupt corpse still attracts the faithful.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

The skull of the patron saint of lovers lies in the Basilica di Santa Maria in Cosmedin—maybe.

Rome’s legendary peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.