An ornate century-old elevator still connects the two halves of Bad Schandau.

This Berlin island is home to a flock of free-roaming peacocks, as well as a historic ivory folly.

Gardens representing parts of Asia, Europe, and the Mid East are tucked away among the Soviet-style buildings in East Berlin.

Where once there was a train station bathroom, there is now this German burger joint.

A whimsical and twisted animatronic monster tour beneath the streets of Berlin.

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

The largest free-standing aquarium in the world resides in a hotel lobby in Berlin.

A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.

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

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

Started as a kitchen garden, now the second largest botanical garden in the world.

A tree-like building perches on its trunk in the Steglitz neighborhood of Berlin.

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

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

Metro station with a claim to rock n' roll fame.

An abandoned NSA listening post on Berlin's "Devil's Mountain."

Berlin's old airport.