Among the ostentatious rococo ornamentation of this church, an image of death cuts the life-thread.

These bronze pamphlets remember a remarkable group of Germans who fearlessly opposed the Nazis in the very center of their power.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

An imperial church bombed to ruins during WWII now stands as a jagged memorial.

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

Tiny memorials honor individual victims of the Holocaust.

Cold war icon and onetime "hole" in the iron curtain.

The last remnants of a massive medieval wall that once encompassed the city of Berlin.

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.

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

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

The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.

This demon atop the Notre-Dame de Paris looks utterly bored.

Inside a former cabaret, seven floors of erotic art.

If you look closely at the oldest bridge in Paris, you might notice hundreds of ugly faces leering from its sides.

The oldest continuously operating mint in the world that has been making coins since the 9th-century.

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

A series of abstract, silly sculptures represent the works of a great modern classical composer.

The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.

This former “ante-chamber to the guillotine” has been refurbished to illustrate the brutal history of French justice.

Twelve grave-faced marble angels guard the emperor's tomb at Les Invalides.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

A museum on the history of Paris, including a set of Napoleon's toiletries, Proust's room, and relics of the Revolution.