Berlin, Germany
Pfaueninsel
This Berlin island is home to a flock of free-roaming peacocks, as well as a historic ivory folly.
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Berlin, Germany
Teufelsberg
An abandoned NSA listening post on Berlin's "Devil's Mountain."
Berlin, Germany
Gärten der Welt (Gardens of the World)
Gardens representing parts of Asia, Europe, and the Mid East are tucked away among the Soviet-style buildings in East Berlin.
Berlin, Germany
Vestiges of the Berlin Wall
On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.
Berlin, Germany
The DDR Museum
A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.
Berlin, Germany
Burgermeister
Where once there was a train station bathroom, there is now this German burger joint.
Berlin, Germany
Hall of Mirrors in Clärchens Ballhaus
This classic restaurant features a gorgeous mirror-clad room.
Berlin, Germany
Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.
Berlin, Germany
Museum of Unheard-of Things
A wunderkammer of mysterious objects and stories.
Berlin, Germany
Haus Schwarzenberg Street Art Alley
A narrow passage next to a cafe leads to a courtyard exploding with murals, tags, and paste-ups.
Berlin, Germany
Stasi Museum
A museum dedicated to the history of a terrifying secret police is now held in their former headquarters.
Berlin, Germany
Design Panoptikum
A surreal museum of extraordinary industrial objects.
Berlin, Germany
Pergamon Museum
The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.
Berlin, Germany
Tajikistan Tearoom
A slice of central Asia in the middle of Berlin.
Berlin, Germany
Berlin Botanical Garden
Started as a kitchen garden, now the second largest botanical garden in the world.
Berlin, Germany
Monsterkabinett
A whimsical and twisted animatronic monster tour beneath the streets of Berlin.
Berlin, Germany
Liquidrom
This futuristic German spa allows visitors to float in a pool of salt water while zoning out to underwater techno.
Berlin, Germany
Berliner Unterwelten (Subterranean Berlin)
A tour of underground Berlin takes you through WWII air raid shelters and tunnels used to smuggle people out of East Germany.
Prague, Czechia
The Devil's Column
According to local legend, the devil shattered this column after losing a bet.
Loštice, Czechia
Museum of Olomouc Cheese
This entire museum is dedicated to a single smelly delicacy.
Jáchymov, Czechia
Valley of the Mills (Údolí mlýnků)
A stream flows near the radioactive spa, where people place handmade miniatures of water mills and other strange devices.
Olomouc, Czechia
The VKOL Red Church
Instead of sermons, this church became home to millions of books.
Brno, Czechia
‘Waiting Adam’
The smallest statue in Brno will keep you company under the clock on Česká Street.
Karviná, Czechia
The Leaning Church of St. Peter of Alcantara
Once overlooking the town, this church now resides on a permanent tilt.
