This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

A taste of the macabre Tokyo's ritzy shopping district.

Come stay at a live-in art installation.

A crumbling bakery where forced laborers from the nearby concentration camp toiled to feed their fellow prisoners and Nazi soldiers.

The abandoned remains of this Victorian brewery hide crumbling bowling alleys and rusting industrial gear.

An old department store turned Nazi prison turned artist commune.

The music is over at the Ballhaus Riviera Ballroom, but the ballroom remains in haunting disrepair.

An abandoned swimming pool decays on the outskirts of Berlin.

One of the oldest student jails in Germany.

Hidden in the forest are the crumbling, graffiti-covered remains of the factory where most of Germany's explosives were produced during World War II.

This small town in Germany was once a center of peppermint production, and has the museum to prove it.

First museum dedicated to the research and history of Epilepsy.

Tourists often confuse this beautifully ornate former cigarette factory for a mosque.

This ancient oak tree plays matchmaker for singles willing to branch out from the usual dating scene.

The monumental home of Prussia’s eccentric "Cannon King."

According to a satirical conspiracy theory that persists today, this German city of 300,000 is a hoax invented by the CIA.

An abandoned train station in Munich constructed for the 1972 Olympic games.

This contentious squat has stood through fire, violence, and government intervention as a hotbed of leftist protest.

An abandoned underground bathroom is now a space for public art.

Hitler's bleak vision of relaxation still stands as a mostly abandoned 10,000-room resort complex.

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

The architect of this fanciful complex called it an "oasis for humanity and nature in a sea of rational houses."

Bursting forth from a historic German neighborhood, these day-glo palaces are now a bright fixture in the town.

You haven’t properly toured a winery until you’ve slept in an actual wine barrel.