Berlin, Germany
Schrotkugelturm (Shot Ball Tower)
A century-old shot ball factory tower is open to the public once a year.
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Berlin, Germany
A century-old shot ball factory tower is open to the public once a year.
Berlin, Germany
This monumental work of art symbolizes the coming together of a previously divided city.
Berlin, Germany
An abandoned NSA listening post on Berlin's "Devil's Mountain."
Berlin, Germany
A prime example of socialist modernist architecture, wrapped in a enormous fresco about the media.
Berlin, Germany
The bunker where Hitler took his own life is hidden under this deliberately ordinary parking lot.
Berlin, Germany
A small hippo-shaped fountain in Berlin, Germany.
Berlin, Germany
A statue of an astronomer gazes at the sky as a tribute to Caroline Herschel.
Berlin, Germany
A memorial in the Tiergarten is a reminder of the suffering inflicted on homosexuals by the Nazi regime.
Berlin, Germany
Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.
Berlin, Germany
A monument to the man who almost killed Hitler.
Berlin, Germany
On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.
Dundee, Scotland
This monument depicts a harrowing event involving an escaped polar bear.
Dundee, Scotland
A pair of mosaics marks the spot where the last accused witch of Dundee was put to death.
Brighton, England
The rotting skeleton of a shoreside fun fair that was destroyed by fire and storms still haunts the Brighton ocean view.
London, England
The commemorative stone column conceals a secret laboratory.
Florence, Italy
Legend says this mysterious stone head belongs to a woman who was petrified by an alchemist.
Florence, Italy
This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.
Florence, Italy
Memorials at a Florence railway station remember the citizens who were deported from Italy and sent to extermination camps.
Florence, Italy
The famous sculptor left his mark on this Italian wall in an internationally protected example of street art.
Florence, Italy
This private skyway is filled with art and was expanded explicitly so that Hitler could appreciate a river.
Pisa, Italy
The only visible reminders of an elaborate engineering project that kept the tower from reaching the tipping point.
Florence, Italy
A large grotto built in the 16th century amidst Florence's famous Boboli gardens.
Florence, Italy
Drink wine handed out through a window as part of an age-old tradition.
Florence, Italy
This strange bovine gargoyle is said to have been put in as a passive aggressive form of revenge.