This obscene artwork on the side of a newspaper office pokes fun at a rival paper's former editor-in-chief.

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.

A monument to the man who almost killed Hitler.

One of downtown Berlin's last reminders of its Communist past.

This water-tower-turned-high-end-apartment building was once the site of an early Nazi concentration camp.

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

Blitzkrieg bop your way through Berlin's Ramones Museum.

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

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

A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.

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

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

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

This classic restaurant features a gorgeous mirror-clad room.

A surreal museum of extraordinary industrial objects.

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

These historic defenses ensured the city within would survive hundreds of years of occupations, sieges, and invasions.

A field filled with carved medieval tombstones called stećak.

This surreal memorial/cemetery is a necropolis of crumbling stonework and puzzle-shaped headstones.

These warring psychedelic crags commemorate an unsuccessful military operation.

Once the fallout shelter of a dictator, this sprawling bunker is now a combined history museum and contemporary art gallery.

An Albanian monument to the Communism that nearly crushed the country is now a crumbling wreck.

What happens when you cross a mayor and a painter?

This exclusive resort has completely covered a tiny Balkan island in a 5-star warren of guest rooms.