A larger-than-life statue of the German revolutionist stands proud in a small town where he never lived.

A massive relic of the communist era of Berlin.

A museum specifically dedicated to the Trabant, one of the iconic automobiles of the GDR.

For patriotic Russians, this memorial honoring the Soviet soldiers who died liberating Berlin in 1945 is the most sacred location outside of Russia.

This TV tower once secretly housed a GDR intelligence team.

A century-old shot ball factory tower is open to the public once a year.

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

This watchtower once presided over the Berlin Wall.

A towering monument to war, located on a beautifully peaceful hill.

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

An imperial church bombed to ruins during WWII now stands as a jagged memorial.

A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.

Tiny memorials honor individual victims of the Holocaust.

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

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

The final resting place of many of Germany's most famous communists.

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

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

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

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

A restaurant and observation deck built in a unique broadcasting antenna.

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.

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