Berlin, Germany
Berlin-Friedrichstrasse Railway Station
Cold war icon and onetime "hole" in the iron curtain.
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Berlin, Germany
Burgermeister
Where once there was a train station bathroom, there is now this German burger joint.
Berlin, Germany
Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.
Berlin, Germany
Tempelhof Airport
Berlin's old airport.
Berlin, Germany
The Bebelplatz
The site of the famous Nazi book burning campaign of 1933 remembers its "Night of Shame".
Berlin, Germany
Museum für Naturkunde
Berlin's natural history museum houses the world's largest mounted dinosaur and the late beloved polar bear Knut.
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
Stasi Museum
A museum dedicated to the history of a terrifying secret police is now held in their former headquarters.
Berlin, Germany
Liquidrom
This futuristic German spa allows visitors to float in a pool of salt water while zoning out to underwater techno.
Permanently Closed
Berlin, Germany
AquaDom
The largest free-standing aquarium in the world resides in a hotel lobby in Berlin.
Berlin, Germany
Pergamon Museum
The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.
Berlin, Germany
Monsterkabinett
A whimsical and twisted animatronic monster tour beneath the streets of Berlin.
Permanently Closed
Berlin, Germany
Spreepark
An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.
Paris, France
Père Lachaise Cemetery
France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.
Paris, France
Catacombes de Paris
The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.
