The 1936 Summer Olympics site is a crumbling remnant of sportsmanship and a history its host country would like to forget.

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

No matter what it might seem like on film, most scenes filmed on a plane are filmed at this LA studio.

The small peaceful island off the Venice tourist circuit is where the city began more than 1,500 years ago.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

A new sculpture calls attention to climate change in the centuries-old city it threatens.

In the past, Renaissance sex workers were encouraged to entice customers on this bridge.

Stare out over the lagoon and beyond from this 10th-century campanile on the island where the city of Venice began.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

What started as a tongue-in-cheek shrine is now a full-blown museum celebrating "The Hoff" and his longtime love affair with Berlin.

From toys to kettles to scientific instruments, this German museum celebrates the beauty of 20th century design.

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

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

Where once there was a train station bathroom, there is now this German burger joint.

Berlin's natural history museum houses the world's largest mounted dinosaur and the late beloved polar bear Knut.

This Berlin island is home to a flock of free-roaming peacocks, as well as a historic ivory folly.

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

The largest free-standing aquarium in the world resides in a hotel lobby in Berlin.

A slice of central Asia in the middle of Berlin.

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

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

Berliners converted a bombed-out, disused lot into a community-run urban farm with its own cafe and bar.