A replica of the Liberty Bell rang daily from West Berlin's City Hall throughout the Cold War.

A portable, wooden replica (minus the hyphen) of Hamburg’s iconic crooked coffee shop.

A brush maker used his factory to protect blind Jews from the Gestapo.

A century-old shot ball factory tower is open to the public once a year.

Over 12,000 hygiene oriented objects and exhibits.

After a nearly successful attempt on Hitler's life, the conspirators met their fate in the courtyard of this Berlin building.

This magnificent museum claims to house the cranium of a disciple and the skull of a pope.

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

An exquisite panometer representing Dresden as it was from 1695 to 1760.

A small square plaque marks a failed assassination attempt that could have changed history.

Carved fountains poignantly placed in parks and in front of special monuments.

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

Someone loved this song enough to carve all of its lyrics onto a tree trunk in a Berlin park.

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

A traditional U-Bahn station in Berlin gets a string of rather untraditional benches.

The prison where Hitler wrote "Mein Kampf," and 278 Nazis were later executed for war crimes.

The largest bell in the world has been swinging high above a Cologne cathedral for almost a century.

To the great disappointment of doomsdayers, this codex merely contains records of the Moon and Venus.

This East German military command bunker was ready for World War III.

Each year, Germany's "City of Dragons" slays the world's largest walking robot.

Hamburgers are intensely proud of their tunnel beneath the river.

This century-old cinema house has a marquee that has been hand painted by a single man for over 25 years.

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

An elegant chandelier hangs over this ancient sewer chamber, now open for concerts and public tours.