Essen, Germany
Zollverein
The Bauhaus-style former industrial complex is considered the world's most beautiful coal mine.
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Essen, Germany
The Bauhaus-style former industrial complex is considered the world's most beautiful coal mine.
Bochum, Germany
The world’s largest museum dedicated to mining, complete with an underground show cave.
Dortmund, Germany
Former Gestapo prison turned memorial museum.
Lübeck, Germany
A tilted half-timbered house from 1672 is built into a salvaged segment of a medieval wall.
Lübeck, Germany
Dancing skeletal figures pay homage to a medieval mural destroyed during World War II.
Munich, Germany
From open waters to open dance floors—this decommissioned ferry has been transformed into a lively nightclub.
Berlin, Germany
Started as a kitchen garden, now the second largest botanical garden in the world.
Berlin, Germany
An important message and optimistic splash of color in a troubled neighborhood.
Berlin, Germany
Along the banks of the Teltow Canal in southwestern Berlin stands one of the city’s most controversial buildings, a hulking Brutalist laboratory that looks more like a warship than a research facility.
Hamburg, Germany
Dubbed Germany’s most accident-prone shopping street, this short stretch has seen around 30 cars crash into storefronts.
Krakow, Poland
This cemetery of rusting Soviet-era steam locomotives and train cars offers an apocalyptic glimpse into a bygone era.
Berlin, Germany
A curious memorial to the Berlin Wall, German division, the war, and those who died at the wall.
Berlin, Germany
One of the best-preserved pieces of DDR propaganda in Berlin.
Warsaw, Poland
One of Warsaw's coolest malls was once a center for anti-Nazi resistance activity.
Berlin, Germany
You've probably seen these distinctive orange-tiled columns on the big screen.
Potsdam, Germany
An 18-panel Soviet mosaic showcasing the scientific advances made under socialism.
Prague, Czechia
This moving sculpture depicts contortionist positions based on photographs of gymnast Věra Čáslavská, who protested the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia.
Vienna, Austria
Vienna’s most overlooked celebrity is a Disney star.
Leipzig, Germany
Ninety years after his execution, the man accused of starting the Reichstag fire was given a final resting place.
Vienna, Austria
The world’s oldest military museum has remained largely unchanged since the last days of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Brno, Czechia
The smallest statue in Brno will keep you company under the clock on Česká Street.
Mainz, Germany
While you wait to cross the street at a traffic light in Mainz, you might notice that the light is staring back at you.
Potsdam, Germany
A local train station entrance hall doubles as a sanctuary for barn swallows.
Hamburg, Germany
Hidden in plain sight on a gable between two towers on the roof of shipping firm F. Laeisz' headquarter in Hamburg sits an unexpected bronze sculpture.