This micro-nation may be some sort of prank, but its constitution sure seems official.

Travelers who fall victim to this mermaid's charms are destined to stay in Užupis forever.

Visit the secret grave of a legendary privateer who faked his own death.

These tree-filled acres are also filled with history, hiking and a celebration of Appalachian crafts.

A prime example of socialist modernist architecture, wrapped in a enormous fresco about the media.

A haunting contrast of trains that both saved and took the lives of Jewish children in Nazi Germany.

The site where a plot to assassinate Hitler was planned—and its conspirators were executed—is now a powerful memorial to the German resistance during World War II.

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

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

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

Tiny memorials honor individual victims of the Holocaust.

Reminders of the Battle of Berlin still scar the railway.

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

A monument to the man who almost killed Hitler.

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

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

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

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

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

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

Go surfing on this urban wave, "hacked" by local surfers.

A fearsome dragon clings to a corner of Munich's city hall.

The footprint of a frustrated devil in Munich's Cathedral.

The scars of World War II are preserved on its walls.