Gardens representing parts of Asia, Europe, and the Mid East are tucked away among the Soviet-style buildings in East Berlin.

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

Started as a kitchen garden, now the second largest botanical garden in the world.

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

Come stay at a live-in art installation.

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

Fall down the rabbit hole into a surreal journey of human consciousness "from ass to soul."

Super-heavy Nazi architectural experiment.

Berlin's old airport.

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

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

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

Berlin's oldest surviving academic architecture hosted decades of animal dissections.

A museum dedicated to a Cold War era sausage.

This classic restaurant features a gorgeous mirror-clad room.

A slice of central Asia in the middle of Berlin.

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

A narrow passage next to a cafe leads to a courtyard exploding with murals, tags, and paste-ups.

A whimsical and twisted animatronic monster tour beneath the streets of Berlin.

A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

Is this the most Portland place ever?

Delightful disarray of found objects and clutter.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.