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

The final resting place of many of Germany's most famous communists.

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

A museum in the building where Nazi Germany signed its surrender tells the story of World War II from the Soviet perspective.

The last remnants of a massive medieval wall that once encompassed the city of Berlin.

The world's first clock to use set theory as a measure of time required the invention of a new light bulb just to maintain its obtuse measurements.

Berlin's oldest surviving academic architecture hosted decades of animal dissections.

Puppet theater and museum holding a collection of more than 300.

When German-Iraqi relations broke down, this embassy was vacated post haste.

From Iggy Pop to David Bowie to Nick Cave, this regal music studio has served some of the all time greats.

Visitors can explore the role of mysticism throughout the ages inside this interactive museum of magic.

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

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

This World War II bunker now survives as a documentation of the Nazi regime and war crimes.

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

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

A museum dedicated to the history of a terrifying secret police is now held in their former headquarters.

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

Classic game cookery takes center stage at what's widely considered London's oldest restaurant.

Its collection includes a broad array of social, geographic, graphic design, and political history.

The next-door homes of two very different musicians, George Frideric Handel and Jimi Hendrix.

Explore nearly 400 years of English middle-class home life.

A museum wholly devoted to juvenescence.

The London pub overlooks where the Mayflower was moored before setting sail for the New World.