An old Danish political institution where members of government can grab a drink off the record.

Beneath Denmark's Højbro bridge, a bronze merman and his seven sons forever mourn for the mother and wife who left them for land.

Hans Christian Andersen for the postmodern world.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

Copenhagen's celebrated theme park and gardens.

A monument to the man who almost killed Hitler.

Retirement home for giant obsolete machines.

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

This monumental work of art symbolizes the coming together of a previously divided city.

An imperial church bombed to ruins during WWII now stands as a jagged memorial.

This concrete residential area doubles as an open-air gallery.

A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.

Metro station with a claim to rock n' roll fame.

Cold war icon and onetime "hole" in the iron curtain.

These former Nazi anti-aircraft towers offer a singular view of the north of Berlin in the summer, and a sanctuary for bats in winter.

The walls of Germany's Parliament still show the scars of the Red Army takeover in World War II.

Berlin's old airport.

A tree-like building perches on its trunk in the Steglitz neighborhood of Berlin.

The site of the famous Nazi book burning campaign of 1933 remembers its "Night of Shame".

An abandoned NSA listening post on Berlin's "Devil's Mountain."

This futuristic German spa allows visitors to float in a pool of salt water while zoning out to underwater techno.

A tour of underground Berlin takes you through WWII air raid shelters and tunnels used to smuggle people out of East Germany.

This contentious squat has stood through fire, violence, and government intervention as a hotbed of leftist protest.

Hamburg's first legal sex work is relegated to a gated street that still does not allow pedestrian women.