The ruined remains of an early hydroelectric dam.

A marvel of engineering built to prevent annual floods from devastating the city of Winnipeg.

The ruins of a burned-down monastery have become a serene park and community space. 

The world’s first museum dedicated to exploring human rights unleashed a wave of controversy.

Dedicated to the inventor of the paint roller.

It's good luck to be mocked by this monkey.

This historic funicular system combines the old with the new while offering delightful views over the surrounding valley.

This lurid German fountain plots the sad course of marriage from dating to death.

Thousands of tourists and residents in Cologne affix "love padlocks" on the Hohenzollernbrücke Bridge to symbolize their affections.

The entrance to this Frankfurt subway station looks like an old tram car crashed into the concrete sidewalk.

A castle from the Holy Roman Empire that hosts traveling youth... in its stables.

Once the tallest building in the world, this abandoned church is now a monument to the destruction of WWII.

A Black Forest cuckoo clock theme park features one timepiece big enough to walk inside.

The prototype for all Nazi concentration camps.

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 church filled with the bones of hundreds of virgins martyrs—or so they say.

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

Where once there was a train station bathroom, there is now this German burger joint.

Where a young athlete began his run across Canada after losing his right leg to cancer.

The first transatlantic wireless signal was received at this 17th-century fort.

Hundreds of enormous icebergs drift through this waterway every year.

Three young men who lived on this street are honored for their service during World War I.

A celebration of one of the West End’s most recognizable figures, who made helping others his life's work.