It took over half a century but a Russian monument to a famous and tragic space pup finally stands in Moscow.

This ancient village and its adjoining cemetery have a beautiful history of death and remembrance.

World's largest bell sits on the grounds of the Kremlin in Moscow.

A sculpture park of the tossed aside relics of the USSR, from Stalin to a massive Soviet emblem.

Inside an old airplane hangar, friends and strangers alike play on a massive trampoline.

A pair of slides and a tree-lined stair corridor have been an urban oasis for nearly 40 years.

Every half hour the eye-rolling clock face sticks out its tongue to mock the good citizens of Koblenz.

This German "living museum" is maybe a bit too immersive.

The only remaining U-boat that is still floating never actually saw any action in World War II.

A wunderkammer of exoticism immortalized by Tom Waits.

What started as a tongue-in-cheek shrine is now a full-blown museum celebrating "The Hoff" and his longtime love affair with Berlin.

Remnants of an exploded schooner and wrecked submarines form a breakwater.

Ample proof that watery ends make for well-preserved, millenia-old mummies.

Retirement home for giant obsolete machines.

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

A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.

A striking 12th-century-style castle built on the edge of a cliff.

This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.

This unique Renaissance castle was turned into a home for Nazi occultism.

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

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

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

The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.

A whimsical and twisted animatronic monster tour beneath the streets of Berlin.