Once one of the largest rooms full of books in the world, this bookstore basement is still a treat for bibliophiles.

The "Prussian Versailles" that is as glorious today as when it was built.

The site of the famous Nazi book burning campaign of 1933 remembers its "Night of Shame".

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

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

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

Berlin's beloved bear is immortalized at the Museum für Naturkunde.

Tiny memorials honor individual victims of the Holocaust.

This water-tower-turned-high-end-apartment building was once the site of an early Nazi concentration camp.

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

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

Berlin's natural history museum houses the world's largest mounted dinosaur and the late beloved polar bear Knut.

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

Once a bustling cotton factory, this early 20th-century building is now home to a thriving artspace.

A propulsion engine testbed that paved the way for the Space Shuttle launch sits without recognition at this rocket center.

It may look like no more than a full-scale model, but every part of this full Space Shuttle stack had a working role in aviation history.

This 12-foot-tall T-rex is the largest K’Nex skeleton sculpture in the world.

Bananas are often left for the first monkey America ever recovered alive after being launched into space.