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This public observatory is home to the "celestial cannon," the longest pointable telescope in the world.

You've probably seen these distinctive orange-tiled columns on the big screen.

Art installations, derelict railcars, and endangered grasshoppers all call this south Berlin park home.

This watchtower once presided over the Berlin Wall.

Superb sweets await at the first Jewish bakery inducted into Berlin’s prestigious baker’s guild.

A traditional U-Bahn station in Berlin gets a string of rather untraditional benches.

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

A monument to the man who almost killed Hitler.

A museum in the building where Nazi Germany signed its surrender tells the story of World War II from the Soviet perspective.

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

Puppet theater and museum holding a collection of more than 300.

The last remnants of a massive medieval wall that once encompassed the city of Berlin.

This conical hill was built as a testing ground for an engineer known as the Glider King.

These former Nazi anti-aircraft towers offer a singular view of the north of Berlin in the summer, and a sanctuary for bats in winter.

The walls of Germany's Parliament still show the scars of the Red Army takeover in World War II.

Beneath the impressive baroque cathedral that rises from the center of Berlin lies the largest collection of Prussian royals in the world.

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

From toys to kettles to scientific instruments, this German museum celebrates the beauty of 20th century design.

A narrow passage next to a cafe leads to a courtyard exploding with murals, tags, and paste-ups.

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

This historic hotel on Bathhouse Row in Hot Springs National Park has a storied history of gangsters and baseball greats.

Before this area was filled with luxury homes, it was a movie star's 160-acre ranch and a gangster's hideout.

This mansion turned restaurant was once a pitstop for Al Capone during his travels.

A ceramic-tiled room at the Seelbach Hotel said to have secret tunnels used by Al Capone and a crowd that helped inspire F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby.'