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

Berlin's old airport.

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

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

Blitzkrieg bop your way through Berlin's Ramones Museum.

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

Art and a pun, all in one.

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

Reminders of the Battle of Berlin still scar the railway.

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

A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.

A Viking-style brewpub named for a Norse sea giant, in the heart of fjord country.

One of the most breathtaking railways in Europe also takes one of the steepest climbs, from fjord to mountain plateau.

Sweden's "good old days" painstakingly re-created in a model village.

It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.

This gem from the industrial age helps visitors and residents alike traverse hilly Stockholm.

One of the world's first dedicated bank buildings in the world is now the oldest one.

This pair of unsuspecting buildings are in fact the very first modern skyscrapers in Europe.

Stockholm's narrowest alley is barely over two feet wide.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

A novel collection of medical curiosities housed in an 18th-century surgeon training academy.

Danish tourist destination well known for open stalls where vendors sell marijuana on the street.

Climb to the top of its spiral spire for spectacular views of Copenhagen.

Opulence and fantasy collide in this royal chair which is supposedly made with unicorn horns.