When German-Iraqi relations broke down, this embassy was vacated post haste.

Berlin's old airport.

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

A dilapidated space station with overtones of 'Alien' and 'Bladerunner' featuring a multiplayer games galore.

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.

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

For more than 170 years, this family-run bakery has been serving Berlin’s best Baumkuchen, or “tree cake.”

This watchtower once presided over the Berlin Wall.

After a nearly successful attempt on Hitler's life, the conspirators met their fate in the courtyard of this Berlin building.

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

Germany's Glienicke Bridge has a shady history of clandestine meetings, espionage, and spycraft.

The skeletal frame of a decommissioned gas-pumping station offers breathtaking views of greater Berlin.

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

A restaurant and observation deck built in a unique broadcasting antenna.

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

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

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

This World War II bunker now survives as a documentation of the Nazi regime and war crimes.

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

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

A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.

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

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

This Austrian museum celebrates the work of famous forgers and their inimitable imitations.