Athens, Greece
Little Metropolis Church
This gem is often wrongly overshadowed by the larger, newer Metropolis church in Athens.
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Athens, Greece
This gem is often wrongly overshadowed by the larger, newer Metropolis church in Athens.
Athens, Greece
This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.
Athens, Greece
A 2,000-year-old computer demonstrates remarkable engineering and astronomical precision.
Marousi, Greece
What once sat in the world’s spotlight is today a largely disused ghost complex.
Greece
The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.
Dresden, Germany
This Dresden church was purposely rebuilt Protestant after being demolished in World War II.
Dresden, Germany
The largest treasure hoard in Europe is contained in a castle that was bombed out during World War II.
Leipzig, Germany
This incredible stone temple is a monument to death, victory, and fantasy architecture.
Gräfenhainichen, Germany
Retirement home for giant obsolete machines.
Lübben, Germany
Explore the complex ecology of this multifaceted nature preserve by riverboat.
Oranienburg, Germany
The site of a concentration camp where inmates were made to take part in one of the largest counterfeiting operations in history is now hauntingly empty.
Beelitz, Germany
Terrifying derelict military hospital once housed a recuperating Hitler.
Potsdam, Germany
The "Prussian Versailles" that is as glorious today as when it was built.
Berlin, Germany
A 12th-century fortress containing some of Berlin's oldest buildings.
Berlin, Germany
Started as a kitchen garden, now the second largest botanical garden in the world.
Berlin, Germany
A tree-like building perches on its trunk in the Steglitz neighborhood of Berlin.
Berlin, Germany
Metro station with a claim to rock n' roll fame.
Berlin, Germany
Berlin's natural history museum houses the world's largest mounted dinosaur and the late beloved polar bear Knut.
Berlin, Germany
Berlin's beloved bear is immortalized at the Museum für Naturkunde.
Berlin, Germany
Berlin's old airport.
Berlin, Germany
Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.
Berlin, Germany
An old department store turned Nazi prison turned artist commune.
Berlin, Germany
Cold war icon and onetime "hole" in the iron curtain.
Berlin, Germany
The site of the famous Nazi book burning campaign of 1933 remembers its "Night of Shame".