A poignant memorial that traces two hundred years of German history.

Largely overlooked, this little fountain on Museum Island is a whimsical tribute to a Prussian king nicknamed the “Fatty Flounder.”

Check the time in 145 countries at once with this East German relic.

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

The largest stretch of the Berlin Wall is right on top of the former SS headquarters

A museum specifically dedicated to the Trabant, one of the iconic automobiles of the GDR.

Berlin's beloved bear is immortalized at the Museum für Naturkunde.

Berlin's natural history museum houses the world's largest mounted dinosaur and the late beloved polar bear Knut.

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

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

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

One of the most easily accessible examples of the rare 1960s UFO houses.

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

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

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

One of the largest medieval barns in England and architecturally one of the finest.

Europe's "only museum dedicated to the decapod" is full of quirky and absurdist displays, including one featuring the "famous" Giant Crab of Margate.

This forgotten chalk mine was reopened thanks to a massive effort from the local community.

A house of bones — but nobody is quite sure to whom they belong.

Lurking among the classical architecture, rose gardens, and art of this historic country house—a crocodile in a bathtub.

This museum dedicated to the famous comedy duo is located in the town where Stan Laurel was born.

The village silk mill weaving Oscar-winning ribbons.

Home to the most complete dodo remains known - one head, and one foot.

Ancient Egyptian wigs, South American feather headdresses, a bounty of anthropological artifacts in Oxford.