"Unity, Creativity, Beauty."

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

A replica of the Liberty Bell rang daily from West Berlin's City Hall throughout the Cold War.

An abandoned swimming pool decays on the outskirts of Berlin.

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

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

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

This Berlin island is home to a flock of free-roaming peacocks, as well as a historic ivory folly.

This classic restaurant features a gorgeous mirror-clad room.

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

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

Floating swimming pool within a moored vessel.

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

A slice of central Asia in the middle of Berlin.

This Parisian gem is one of the most incredible ethnographic museums in the world.

A Parisian boutique devoted to la Sape, the elegant Congolese fashion subculture rooted in European colonization.

An odd museum dedicated to French fakes.

Architect Le Corbusier built his friend a cubist house to match his impressive collection of cubist art.

Where the high court feasted, frolicked, and high courtesans put their royal lovers' diamonds to the test.

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

This Parisian café sticks almost exclusively to an ethos of reuse.

Egyptian Revival movie palace abandoned for decades and restored in 2013.

A scandalous Art Nouveau collaboration that set Paris all atwitter at the turn of the century.

A counter-culture bookstore like no other hides in plain sight in the streets of Paris.