This Canary island is a quintessential example of nature’s beauty, and its unbridled fury.

Teeny tiny hotel on the coast of the Canary Islands.

Windswept juniper trees resemble surrealistic artwork, however, this juniper is actually a work of art.

The last remnants of a massive medieval wall that once encompassed the city of Berlin.

A stone from Africa's tallest peak is immortalized in a Potsdam palace—but is it actually the mountaintop?

Solar observatory doubles as a daring display of Expressionist architecture, much to Einstein's chagrin.

The "Prussian Versailles" that is as glorious today as when it was built.

Vines grow up the metal bars in this public park created from an old machine factory.

This German museum devoted to the simple wonders of salt is actually built over an old saltworks.

This beautifully designed star-shaped fort was the premier defense system of the late 1500s.

The only remaining U-boat that is still floating never actually saw any action in World War II.

This gateway to subterranean Hanover plays jazz, pop and rock to surprised passersby.

After this historic church was destroyed by World War II bombing, its blackened shell was left standing as a monument.

Striking occult iconography on a medieval German church.

A tilted half-timbered house from 1672 is built into a salvaged segment of a medieval wall.

Twelve sweet, nutty, life-sized statues are housed in this second-story shrine to almond paste.

Dancing skeletal figures pay homage to a medieval mural destroyed during World War II.

This red light district plaza memorializes the Fab Four and their historic connection to the area.

Hamburgers are intensely proud of their tunnel beneath the river.

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.

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

Model Trains and Much More in Hamburg.

A brutalist gem towering over the heart of Milan.

Third time's a charm, or in this case, two testicles are.