This obscene artwork on the side of a newspaper office pokes fun at a rival paper's former editor-in-chief.

This towering statue of Jesus provided internet to the surrounding area.

A huge wooden clock that is so beautiful its creator was forcibly blinded.

A mysterious emblem tucked in an small alleyway is actually the coat of arms of a heroic medieval family.

A merchant court dedicated to the fictitious King Arthur is heavily adorned with bizarre Renaissance art.

From toys to kettles to scientific instruments, this German museum celebrates the beauty of 20th century design.

The original burial place of this preeminent 18th-century Jewish philosopher was razed by the Nazis.

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

For more than 170 years, this family-run bakery has been serving Berlin’s best Baumkuchen, or “tree cake.”

In the summer of 1957, a massive architectural exhibition showed off the future of urban living in this German neighborhood.

A plaque on the side of a building is a small tribute to the woman who invented an iconic Berlin fast food.

One of the oldest cemeteries in Germany was originally used for victims of a cholera epidemic.

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.

A haunting contrast of trains that both saved and took the lives of Jewish children in Nazi Germany.

A small island with shimmering pink sands, home to loggerhead turtles and rare plants.

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

Residents of Berlin take their coffee and cake in one of the city’s most restful spaces: a cemetery.

The metal-free wooden towers of Brück.

One of the most photographed locations in the entire city.

This ancient structure appears Roman, but was constructed during the 16th century and was utilized until 1911.

The partially submerged ruins of a white marble quarry used in ancient Greece for over 1,200 years.

This architecturally eclectic early-20th century mosque was built as a place of worship for the Islamic followers of a Jewish messiah.

A former factory serves as a shrine to the industry that sustained Santorini for decades.