A collection of abandoned typographic signs from Berlin and beyond.

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

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

A tour of underground Berlin takes you through WWII air raid shelters and tunnels used to smuggle people out of East Germany.

A narrow passage next to a cafe leads to a courtyard exploding with murals, tags, and paste-ups.

A tree-like building perches on its trunk in the Steglitz neighborhood of Berlin.

A slice of central Asia in the middle of Berlin.

A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.

A surreal museum of extraordinary industrial objects.

Berlin's oldest surviving academic architecture hosted decades of animal dissections.

The world's first clock to use set theory as a measure of time required the invention of a new light bulb just to maintain its obtuse measurements.

A museum specifically dedicated to the Trabant, one of the iconic automobiles of the GDR.

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

This futuristic German spa allows visitors to float in a pool of salt water while zoning out to underwater techno.

A wunderkammer of mysterious objects and stories.

Dine at a legendary after-hours joint frequented by David Bowie and Iggy Pop.

This concrete residential area doubles as an open-air gallery.

Designed to resemble foreign architecture, this mosque-looking structure was used to pump water to a royal fountain.

Solar observatory doubles as a daring display of Expressionist architecture, much to Einstein's chagrin.

The traditional Polish croissant, folded 81 times into the shape of a horseshoe, is a legally protected cultural treat.

This Nazi ruin was the site where Hitler was almost blown up by a suitcase bomb.

Boats must transform into railroad cars to navigate this Polish canal.

An abandoned Nazi explosives plant founded by the inventor of dynamite is now an underground museum.

A World War II torpedo launch station abandoned off the Polish coast.