This contentious squat has stood through fire, violence, and government intervention as a hotbed of leftist protest.

A fascinating little museum dedicated to the thousands of chemical substances concealed in our food.

A subterranean display of public art and architecture.

A collection of artworks exclusively created by the mentally ill that was almost burned by Nazi culture police.

This unique exhibit "Dialogue in the Dark" reverses roles as the visionless become guides and the sighted become ‘blind.’

Bursting forth from a historic German neighborhood, these day-glo palaces are now a bright fixture in the town.

The architect of this fanciful complex called it an "oasis for humanity and nature in a sea of rational houses."

Wax models of disease and deformity are on display at this German medical museum.

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

Berliners converted a bombed-out, disused lot into a community-run urban farm with its own cafe and bar.

When the rain falls, this drain system turns into a musical instrument.

Come stay at a live-in art installation.

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

Home to 10,000 medical specimens including the remains of Rudolf Virchow's extensive collection of pathological specimens.

A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.

Gardens representing parts of Asia, Europe, and the Mid East are tucked away among the Soviet-style buildings in East Berlin.

Where once there was a train station bathroom, there is now this German burger joint.

A wunderkammer of mysterious objects and stories.

A museum dedicated to the history of a terrifying secret police is now held in their former headquarters.

A surreal museum of extraordinary industrial objects.

Started as a kitchen garden, now the second largest botanical garden in the world.

A slice of central Asia in the middle of Berlin.

A unique workspace where offices reside on pirate ships and inside gingerbread houses.

A glittering Thai Buddhist temple in suburban Pennsylvania.