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

In this truly magical place, rent hasn't been raised since the year 1520.

An industrial relic is now one of Europe's most staggering art spaces.

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

This 8th-century Bavarian monastery is home to an exquisite Baroque-era library.

Known simply as "The Hand," this famous public sculpture in Berlin was featured in a Depeche Mode music video.

This ancient ruined monastery has been destroyed by fire so many times that it seems like God hates it.

The industrial monstrosity known as Bagger 258 is a colossal mining machine built in the DDR - but now left for dead in a German field.

It's always summer at the beach inside this former airship hangar.

A monument to the man who almost killed Hitler.

Remnants of an exploded schooner and wrecked submarines form a breakwater.

A quaint Russian village in the middle of a German metropolis.

A German apartment building hosting as many trees as human occupants.

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

This unique Renaissance castle was turned into a home for Nazi occultism.

This Nazi-built amphitheater was constructed on a sacred mountain site used by various German cults.

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

These former Nazi anti-aircraft towers offer a singular view of the north of Berlin in the summer, and a sanctuary for bats in winter.

Golden cobblestones remember a time when this small alley was used to avoid having to give a Nazi salute.

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

An elevator into the Baltic Sea.

The prototype for all Nazi concentration camps.

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

Terrifying derelict military hospital once housed a recuperating Hitler.