Handsomely crafted representations of our round planet.

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

The world's first clock to use set theory as a measure of time required the invention of a new light bulb just to maintain its obtuse measurements.

This conical hill was built as a testing ground for an engineer known as the Glider King.

Floating swimming pool within a moored vessel.

When German-Iraqi relations broke down, this embassy was vacated post haste.

A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.

A state-of-the-art medical facility from the Imperial era is now a derelict ruin.

The music is over at the Ballhaus Riviera Ballroom, but the ballroom remains in haunting disrepair.

A surreal museum of extraordinary industrial objects.

Art and a pun, all in one.

An intricate and amazing house built by architect Karl Junker.

Bursting forth from a historic German neighborhood, these day-glo palaces are now a bright fixture in the town.