A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.

Concerts, art, offices, and a café in what used to be Berlin's first crematorium.

The site where a plot to assassinate Hitler was planned—and its conspirators were executed—is now a powerful memorial to the German resistance during World War II.

One of the world's heaviest musical instruments towers within a popular urban park.

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

The bunker where Hitler took his own life is hidden under this deliberately ordinary parking lot.

What started as a tongue-in-cheek shrine is now a full-blown museum celebrating "The Hoff" and his longtime love affair with Berlin.

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

At one of Berlin’s oldest churches, visitors can place mosaic tiles to help restore a medieval mural.

An art world insider finds himself battling for his artistic home.

The largest underground lake in Europe.

This lovely little bridge hidden in a Switzerland gorge is essentially a fairytale.

Museum of science fiction, utopias, and extraordinary journeys of the mind.

This statue pays tribute to the iconic musician in the place where he recorded his final studio album.

An icy lake tucked among jaw-dropping alpine panoramas.

Over 3km of caverns and caves at the Switzerland-France border contain the largest underground river in Central Europe.

Artworks by loners, prisoners and the criminally insane.

The World Wide Web was created in this nondescript corridor at CERN.

Large Hadron Collider and the Birthplace of World Wide Web.

This statue of a Hindu cosmic dancer at CERN is a metaphor for modern physics.

Where Mary Shelley’s "Frankenstein" and John William Polidori's "The Vampyre" were born.

One of the most historical literary characters continues to stroll his hometown.

This colorful but controversial ceiling has been likened to a 21st-century Sistine Chapel.

A fortified palace in the shape of a ship on the Thiou river.