A slice of central Asia in the middle of Berlin.

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

Tiny memorials honor individual victims of the Holocaust.

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

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

After a nearly successful attempt on Hitler's life, the conspirators met their fate in the courtyard of this Berlin building.

A replica of the Liberty Bell rang daily from West Berlin's City Hall throughout the Cold War.

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

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

Germany's Glienicke Bridge has a shady history of clandestine meetings, espionage, and spycraft.

A quaint Russian village in the middle of a German metropolis.

The "Prussian Versailles" that is as glorious today as when it was built.

Terrifying derelict military hospital once housed a recuperating Hitler.

The 1936 Summer Olympics site is a crumbling remnant of sportsmanship and a history its host country would like to forget.

A 12th-century fortress containing some of Berlin's oldest buildings.

This giant, 83-year-old ship elevator is an engineering feat to behold.

The world's most delightful not-NOT-religion welcomes visitors to the town of Templin, just like its more stoic peers.

A statue honors the local legend that the devil helped build St. Mary's church after being tricked into thinking it was going to be a wine bar.

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

A man-made island fort that has housed soldiers, scientists, and ravers.

A Gothic-inspired fish market is Gothenburg's best place to find loaves and fishes.

The northernmost point in Denmark is a turbulent sandbar created by two clashing seas.

Tiring of digging out the door to this church for every service, it was eventually abandoned to the sands.

An abandoned lighthouse awaits its destiny: being buried under shifting sand.