The top of society once luxuriated in this world-class hotel, which continues to impress, even in ruin.

A beautiful drive through the foot of the Alps traces the path of 15th-century Turkish raids.

This military mausoleum captures the solemn grandeur that most memorials only aspire to.

In Lago Superiore, the largest expanse of lotus flowers outside of Asia is hard to miss.

One of the highest mountain passes in Europe has been ranked among the best driving roads in the world.

According to the local folklore, the myriad colors of this lake are the result of a lovelorn wizard's blunder.

Terrifying derelict military hospital once housed a recuperating Hitler.

The ruined remains of the airport Claus von Stauffenberg departed in his failed attempt to kill Adolf Hitler.

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

Ruins of a German Castle on top of a towering stone pillar.

Several of these strange cone-shaped bunkers can still be seen around the former Nazi headquarters.

A museum in the building where Nazi Germany signed its surrender tells the story of World War II from the Soviet perspective.

Inside this Jewish cemetery is a memorial to soldiers who deserted the German army and were executed.

This museum is home to a sugar sculpture of the Berlin Airlift Memorial.

A historic fire call point.

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

A wunderkammer of mysterious objects and stories.

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

A unique Holocaust memorial tells the personal stories of the Jewish residents exiled from greater Berlin.

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

A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.

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

The bears of Bern have been a city highlight for over 500 years.

The now-abandoned Fascist summer colony served a dark purpose during World War II.