An exquisite panometer representing Dresden as it was from 1695 to 1760.

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

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

This lurid German fountain plots the sad course of marriage from dating to death.

This Dresden church was purposely rebuilt Protestant after being demolished in World War II.

A castle from the Holy Roman Empire that hosts traveling youth... in its stables.

A unique hanging cable-car navigates through Dresden, the oldest suspension railway in the world.

Floating swimming pool within a moored vessel.

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

A museum dedicated to a Cold War era sausage.

A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.

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 celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

His "Lionheart" is entombed separately from the rest of his body.

A series of abstract, silly sculptures represent the works of a great modern classical composer.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

This surreal statue brings a famous French novel about a supernatural cad to arresting life.

The first green space constructed on an elevated viaduct.

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.