A traditional U-Bahn station in Berlin gets a string of rather untraditional benches.

This Dresden church was purposely rebuilt Protestant after being demolished in World War II.

A famous big wave from Japan serves as a tribute to the victims of the disastrous Elbe flood.

The skeletal frame of a decommissioned gas-pumping station offers breathtaking views of greater Berlin.

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

Dedicated to the European Sinti and Roma peoples murdered during the Holocaust.

The walls of Germany's Parliament still show the scars of the Red Army takeover in World War II.

One of the world's heaviest musical instruments towers within a popular urban park.

This historic funicular system combines the old with the new while offering delightful views over the surrounding valley.

It's good luck to be mocked by this monkey.

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

Metro station with a claim to rock n' roll fame.

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

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

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

Tiny memorials honor individual victims of the Holocaust.

A memorial in the Tiergarten is a reminder of the suffering inflicted on homosexuals by the Nazi regime.

A monument to the man who almost killed Hitler.

Cold war icon and onetime "hole" in the iron curtain.

A tree-like building perches on its trunk in the Steglitz neighborhood of Berlin.

A copy of the famous statue can be found in this Florence piazza, along with one of the most breathtaking views of the city below.

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

Vienna's diversity-themed traffic lights were inspired by the Eurovision Song Contest.

Vienna's giant wonder wheel had a starring role in one of the greatest noir movies of all time.