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.
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Berlin, Germany
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
Where once there was a train station bathroom, there is now this German burger joint.
Berlin, Germany
A portable, wooden replica (minus the hyphen) of Hamburg’s iconic crooked coffee shop.
Berlin, Germany
Floating swimming pool within a moored vessel.
Berlin, Germany
This monumental work of art symbolizes the coming together of a previously divided city.
Berlin, Germany
For patriotic Russians, this memorial honoring the Soviet soldiers who died liberating Berlin in 1945 is the most sacred location outside of Russia.
Berlin, Germany
This public observatory is home to the "celestial cannon," the longest pointable telescope in the world.
Berlin, Germany
An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.
Berlin, Germany
A museum in the building where Nazi Germany signed its surrender tells the story of World War II from the Soviet perspective.
Berlin, Germany
This TV tower once secretly housed a GDR intelligence team.
Schönefeld, Germany
This curious sculpture represents the perseverance needed to take to the skies.
Zossen, Germany
Several of these strange cone-shaped bunkers can still be seen around the former Nazi headquarters.
Halbe, Germany
It's always summer at the beach inside this former airship hangar.
Lübben, Germany
Explore the complex ecology of this multifaceted nature preserve by riverboat.
Lübbenau/Spreewald, Germany
A museum honoring Germany’s cucumber mecca offers a great dill of gherkin history.
Vetschau, Germany
Tallest - but not most powerful - wind turbine in the world.
Schipkau, Germany
The industrial monstrosity known as Bagger 258 is a colossal mining machine built in the DDR - but now left for dead in a German field.
Spreetal, Germany
A radio tower with something unusual between its legs.
Gablenz, Germany
This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.
Forst, Germany
This elaborate stone bridge over the Neisse river has sat in pieces since 1945.
Guben, Germany
The home of the morbid art of corpse plastination is open for visitors to view the fascinating, but stomach-churning process.
Świebodzin, Poland
This towering statue of Jesus provided internet to the surrounding area.
Pniewo, Poland
What was once an underground Nazi city is now Europe's largest bat reserve.
Wierzbno, Poland
The original stone marking the interwar border between Germany and Poland sits in this unassuming village park.