Fort Garry was a pivotal post for the Hudson’s Bay Company and a major factor in the economy and political culture of the area.

One of Canada's oldest collections of stone fur trading buildings.

This colossal reptile celebrates the history of the now-defunct Canadian Turtle Derby.

Canada's accused-traitor-turned-folk-hero is buried under a red stone in a ring of his own.

The intense competition of the 19th-century fur trading industry played out at this fort in Western Canada.

The historic home of the pivotal political activist who led the Métis people in rebellion against the Canadian government.

The oldest operating steam locomotive in Canada runs along this heritage railway.

This strangely specific landmark will let travelers know when they are half way there.

A statue in a Canadian zoo remembers the WWI origins of the beloved character Winnie-the-Pooh.

A museum dedicated to a Cold War era sausage.

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

A memorial in the Tiergarten is a reminder of the suffering inflicted on homosexuals by the Nazi regime.

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

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

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

Tiny memorials honor individual victims of the Holocaust.

The last remnants of a massive medieval wall that once encompassed the city of Berlin.

One of downtown Berlin's last reminders of its Communist past.

Home to 10,000 medical specimens including the remains of Rudolf Virchow's extensive collection of pathological specimens.

The bunker where Hitler took his own life is hidden under this deliberately ordinary parking lot.

A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.

Art and a pun, all in one.

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

A museum dedicated to the history of a terrifying secret police is now held in their former headquarters.