It commemorates one of the world's earliest telegraphs.

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

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

Revitalization efforts converted a former U.S. military heliport into a sprawling urban park.

A scale rocket of an Ariane 5 rocket serves as a monument to a pioneer of space science.

Remains of a huge radio tower.

Hidden in the forest are the remains of a former World War II chemical plant.

A historic fire call point.

A section of destroyed vertical lift bridge stands alone in the Peene river.

A unique showroom for bathroom fixtures featuring a giant toilet observation deck.

This viaduct serves as a reminder of World War II.

This mine is home to the largest man-made hole in Europe.

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

The largest mosque in Germany.

A triumphal steel arch on the side of a German mountain.

On high feast days, the entire blue-glass front of this modern church opens up to reveal the small wooden church inside.

Joe Cocker's 1988 concert at this site in East Germany marked a changing sea tide that would eventually lead to reunification.

This monolithic slab of art metal crowns a German slag heap.

A historic casino where Dostoyevsky is said to have lost it all on a single spin of the roulette wheel.

This statue has a painful history, but activists have since recontextualized it as a way to educate visitors about the dangers posed by fascist regimes.

This concrete church spent a period of its history as a World War II bunker.

One of the oldest student jails in Germany.

One of the largest busts in the world celebrates the German city's erstwhile namesake.

You've probably seen these distinctive orange-tiled columns on the big screen.