Berlin, Germany
The Trabi Museum
A museum specifically dedicated to the Trabant, one of the iconic automobiles of the GDR.
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Berlin, Germany
Fine Bagels
The best bagels in Berlin are tucked away in an independent bookstore.
Berlin, Germany
Konditorei Buchwald
For more than 170 years, this family-run bakery has been serving Berlin’s best Baumkuchen, or “tree cake.”
Berlin, Germany
Schwarzes Café
Dine at a legendary after-hours joint frequented by David Bowie and Iggy Pop.
Berlin, Germany
Bridge of Spies
Germany's Glienicke Bridge has a shady history of clandestine meetings, espionage, and spycraft.
Berlin, Germany
Abandoned Iraqi Embassy
When German-Iraqi relations broke down, this embassy was vacated post haste.
Berlin, Germany
Café Strauss
Residents of Berlin take their coffee and cake in one of the city’s most restful spaces: a cemetery.
Berlin, Germany
Hatch Sticker Museum
This little museum is making sure that the art and history of the graffiti sticker is not scraped from history.
Berlin, Germany
Museum der Dinge
From toys to kettles to scientific instruments, this German museum celebrates the beauty of 20th century design.
Berlin, Germany
Führerbunker Parking Lot
The bunker where Hitler took his own life is hidden under this deliberately ordinary parking lot.
Berlin, Germany
Berlin Story Bunker
This World War II bunker now survives as a documentation of the Nazi regime and war crimes.
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
Buchstabenmuseum
A collection of abandoned typographic signs from Berlin and beyond.
Berlin, Germany
Teufelsberg
An abandoned NSA listening post on Berlin's "Devil's Mountain."
Berlin, Germany
Burgermeister
Where once there was a train station bathroom, there is now this German burger joint.
Berlin, Germany
Museum of Unheard-of Things
A wunderkammer of mysterious objects and stories.
Berlin, Germany
Stasi Museum
A museum dedicated to the history of a terrifying secret police is now held in their former headquarters.
New York, New York
Lexington Candy Shop
The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.
San Francisco, California
Arion Press and M & H Type
Fonts are born and bred here at the oldest letterpress type foundry in the United States.
San Francisco, California
Seward Street Slides
Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.
San Francisco, California
Magowan's Infinite Mirror Maze
A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.
San Francisco, California
Internet Archive Headquarters
The grand, column-fronted, sculpture-adorned home of the ambitious digital library.
San Francisco, California
Circus Center
Join the circus for a few lessons to learn clowning, acrobatics, and Chinese contortion.
San Francisco, California
Fior D' Italia
America's oldest Italian restaurant is a San Francisco institution.
