A plaque on the side of a building is a small tribute to the woman who invented an iconic Berlin fast food.

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

A memorial in the Tiergarten is a reminder of the suffering inflicted on homosexuals by the Nazi regime.

A museum in the building where Nazi Germany signed its surrender tells the story of World War II from the Soviet perspective.

The final resting place of many of Germany's most famous communists.

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

This conical hill was built as a testing ground for an engineer known as the Glider King.

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

An abandoned NSA listening post on Berlin's "Devil's Mountain."

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

Art and a pun, all in one.

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

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

A slice of central Asia in the middle of Berlin.

This historic aviation building is now a museum owned and operated by Disney.

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.