The 1852 novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin" lends its name to a subway station, a street, and several shops on the edge of Berlin.

This TV tower once secretly housed a GDR intelligence team.

Berlin's beloved bear is immortalized at the Museum für Naturkunde.

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

Real bones which are said to have belonged to a Polish dragon.

Poland's oldest salt mine has nearly everything one needs to live underground forever.

A favorite with sightseers, this Norwegian funicular provides easy access to a stunning view of Bergen and its environs.