Among the ostentatious rococo ornamentation of this church, an image of death cuts the life-thread.

Berlin's old airport.

A sprawling Baroque park with 300-year-old hydro-pneumatic waterworks.

A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.

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

The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.

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

This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.

A museum dedicated to the history of a terrifying secret police is now held in their former headquarters.

A slice of central Asia in the middle of Berlin.

The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”

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

A tour of underground Berlin takes you through WWII air raid shelters and tunnels used to smuggle people out of East Germany.

A fortified palace in the shape of a ship on the Thiou river.

From carts to cars, this leftover Roman bridge in France has managed to survive for centuries.

A suspended footbridge allows for traversing this gorge carved through the French Alps.

Resting on a hill overlooking the coast, these medieval ruins look completely deserted save for their restored chapel.

A colossal sculptural lion built by the same man who designed the Statue of Liberty.

One of the largest ochre quarries in the world, hidden in a limestone landscape.

This ancient theater was once the home of fierce gladiatorial battles.

This ancient Roman bridge and aqueduct still stands as a wonder of classical construction.

This whimsical castle of grottoes was the labor of love of a French postman, and one of the greatest achievements of outsider architecture.

The longest timber-piled jetty in the world has an underwater observatory.

The tallest mountain in mainland Australia.