An abstract monument by the famous Berlin sculptor Georg Kolbe for Emil and Walther Rathenau with an eventful history

After fleeing the Syrian civil war, chef Malakeh Jazmati began serving exceptional renditions of her homeland's cuisine in Berlin.

This is Bremen’s oldest historic district, famous for its labyrinth of narrow medieval alleys lined with tiny, colorful 15th-century houses that resemble beads on a rope.

This Finnish town on the Arctic Circle is trademarked as the Official Hometown of Santa Claus.

These brass bunnies honor the rabbits that dominated the no-man's-land around the Berlin Wall.

Concerts, art, offices, and a café in what used to be Berlin's first crematorium.

Ruins of an aerial tramway that ran for only eight years.

Reminders of the Battle of Berlin still scar the railway.

An unconventional memorial to the women burned as witches in Bratislava.

Launched by Napoleon's soldiers more than 200 years ago, a cannonball remains embedded in the tower wall.

A sculpture of a beloved local figure, who tipped his top hat to everyone he passed on the streets of Bratislava.

This concrete residential area doubles as an open-air gallery.

You can soak in private hot tubs infused with beer while pouring unlimited Czech beer from your own tap.

The modern birthplace of Irish freedom.

A Brutalist architectural gem hidden among Skopje’s neoclassical buildings.

Hitler's bleak vision of relaxation still stands as a mostly abandoned 10,000-room resort complex.

This popular shopping mall and eatery once provided scant comfort to sick colonials and seafarers

A section of destroyed vertical lift bridge stands alone in the Peene river.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

A popular European tradition makes its way to the states on one of America's most famous bridges.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

This demon atop the Notre-Dame de Paris looks utterly bored.

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.