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Ruins of Yugoslav Army Headquarters

Belgrade, Serbia

Ruins of Yugoslav Army Headquarters

Destroyed Serbian army headquarters sits half crumbled in a largely revitalized Belgrade.

Western City Gate of Belgrade

Belgrade, Serbia

Western City Gate of Belgrade

A pair of connected skyscrapers form this symbolic gateway.

Hellemann Tower and City Walls

Tallinn, Estonia

Hellemann Tower and City Walls

Walk along the medieval fortifications that have been protecting Tallinn since the 14th century.

The KGB Museum.

Tallinn, Estonia

KGB Museum

"There's nothing there," and other lies the KGB told us.

Hamburg's "green bunker" repurposes World War II weaponry.

Hamburg, Germany

Feldstraße Bunker

A mammoth WWII anti-air defense tower has been repurposed as a hotel with a rooftop garden.

Victoria Tunnel

Byker, England

Victoria Tunnel

This tunnel was an amazing feat of engineering and an economic success, but the coal mine which it served closed after only 18 years of the tunnel's use, but in WW2 the tunnel was converted to an air raid shelter

Byker, England

Victoria Tunnel

This tunnel was an amazing feat of engineering and an economic success but the coal mine which it served closed after only 18 years of the tunnel's use.

Nuclear Shelter 10-Z

Brno, Czechia

Nuclear Shelter 10-Z

A former top secret nuclear fallout shelter now operates like a hotel stuck in the Cold War.

Entrance to the tunnel

Cookley, England

Drakelow Tunnels

Near Birmingham, England three and a half miles of top-secret tunnels housed a World War II “shadow factory” and a Cold War nuclear bunker.

Mäusebunker

Berlin, Germany

Mäusebunker

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.

A colorful apartment building behind green trees shown at an angle.

Berlin, Germany

Unité d'Habitation of Berlin

After local authorities changed the design, the building's architect, Le Corbusier, wanted nothing to do with it.

Timeless

Berlin, Germany

The Bierpinsel

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

Bahnhof Berlin Zoologischer Garten

Berlin, Germany

Bahnhof Berlin Zoologischer Garten

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

Old and new churches side by side.

Berlin, Germany

Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church

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

'Molecule Men'

Berlin, Germany

'Molecule Man'

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

The Feuermelder at Schloss Bellevue.

Berlin, Germany

Feuermelder

A historic fire call point.

Gesundbrunnen Bunker - Entrance from inside

Berlin, Germany

Berliner Unterwelten (Subterranean Berlin)

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

The Ernst Thälmann Monument

Berlin, Germany

Ernst Thälmann Monument

A massive relic of the communist era of Berlin.

Stolpersteine plaques.

Berlin, Germany

Stolpersteine Holocaust Memorials

Tiny memorials honor individual victims of the Holocaust.

Aufbau der Republik

Berlin, Germany

Aufbau der Republik

One of the best-preserved pieces of DDR propaganda in Berlin.

Haus des Lehrers

Berlin, Germany

Haus des Lehrers

A socialist building dedicated to teachers showcases one of the largest Soviet mosaics in the world.

Interior, from the northeast corner.

Berlin, Germany

Neue Wache

A poignant memorial that traces two hundred years of German history.

Pressecafé

Berlin, Germany

Pressecafé Mural

A prime example of socialist modernist architecture, wrapped in a enormous fresco about the media.

Weltzeituhr

Berlin, Germany

Weltzeituhr

Check the time in 145 countries at once with this East German relic.

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