Golden cobblestones remember a time when this small alley was used to avoid having to give a Nazi salute.

These bronze pamphlets remember a remarkable group of Germans who fearlessly opposed the Nazis in the very center of their power.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

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

Dedicated to the European Sinti and Roma peoples murdered during the Holocaust.

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

The site where a plot to assassinate Hitler was planned—and its conspirators were executed—is now a powerful memorial to the German resistance during World War II.

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

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

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.

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

At one of Berlin’s oldest churches, visitors can place mosaic tiles to help restore a medieval mural.

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.

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

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

A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.

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

This tiny, tranquil Senegalese island serves as a powerful symbol of the Atlantic slave trade.

Held in a fort that once stood for colonization of the area, this museum now tells the history of its indigenous people.

The 18th-century home was disassembled into 253 cases and brought all the way from the other side of the world.

The bullet-banged DIY suit of armour belonging to Australia’s most famous outlaw.

Unusual finds in this shrine to local law enforcement include a 19th-century vampire-slaying kit.