Dine at a legendary after-hours joint frequented by David Bowie and Iggy Pop.

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

King Ludwig I's collection of beautiful women.

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

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

Taste freshly foraged yarrow and black locust blossoms at this ambitious cocktail bar.

Go surfing on this urban wave, "hacked" by local surfers.

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

Tiny memorials honor individual victims of the Holocaust.

This water-tower-turned-high-end-apartment building was once the site of an early Nazi concentration camp.

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

A museum in the building where Nazi Germany signed its surrender tells the story of World War II from the Soviet perspective.

A quaint Russian village in the middle of a German metropolis.

"The most colorful grottoes of the world.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

This "floating railway" is one of the world's oldest monorail systems.

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

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

Madrid's romantically ornate crystal palace has been offering shelter to plants and art for over a century.

Commonly acknowledged as the only public monument to the Devil himself.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."