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

Residents of Berlin take their coffee and cake in one of the city’s most restful spaces: a cemetery.

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

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

Named after a militant urban guerilla, this famous former squat is a graffiti-covered stronghold of leftist culture.

These brass bunnies honor the rabbits that dominated the no-man's-land around the Berlin Wall.

These former Nazi anti-aircraft towers offer a singular view of the north of Berlin in the summer, and a sanctuary for bats in winter.

A 12th-century fortress containing some of Berlin's oldest buildings.

A unique Holocaust memorial tells the personal stories of the Jewish residents exiled from greater Berlin.

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

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

From toys to kettles to scientific instruments, this German museum celebrates the beauty of 20th century design.

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

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.

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

A collection of abandoned typographic signs from Berlin and beyond.

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

Art and a pun, all in one.

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

A wunderkammer of mysterious objects and stories.

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

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.