This giant glowing "beanpole" adds much-needed pops of color to an otherwise drab power plant.

The scars of World War II are preserved on its walls.

A simple tribute to the microscopic arachnid that gives its juices and its life to help make a speciality German cheese.

This strategic isle was once swapped between empires and almost entirely destroyed in a bomb explosion.

An officers prison camp believed to be impregnable by the Germans saw over 30 successful escapes.

This historic toy museum brings a little whimsy to a city not usually remembered for such things.

The sweet story of how American cargo planes became known as "Candy Bombers" during the Berlin Blockade.

The birthplace of Karl Marx is now a museum dedicated to the communist revolutionary's life and work.

A wunderkammer of exoticism immortalized by Tom Waits.

After years of being casually peed on by humans, this tree is peeing back.

The site of a concentration camp where inmates were made to take part in one of the largest counterfeiting operations in history is now hauntingly empty.