This classic restaurant features a gorgeous mirror-clad room.

The original burial place of this preeminent 18th-century Jewish philosopher was razed by the Nazis.

This platform is now a memorial dedicated to those who were deported during the Holocaust.

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

Concerts, art, offices, and a café in what used to be Berlin's first crematorium.

Inside this Jewish cemetery is a memorial to soldiers who deserted the German army and were executed.

One of the oldest cemeteries in Germany was originally used for victims of a cholera epidemic.

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

At one of Berlin’s oldest churches, visitors can place mosaic tiles to help restore a medieval mural.

The non-native bovine herd was brought in to help conserve these Berlin wetlands.

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

Tiny memorials honor individual victims of the Holocaust.

This water-tower-turned-high-end-apartment building was once the site of an early Nazi concentration camp.

Visitors can explore the role of mysticism throughout the ages inside this interactive museum of magic.

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

Beneath the impressive baroque cathedral that rises from the center of Berlin lies the largest collection of Prussian royals in the world.

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.

Someone loved this song enough to carve all of its lyrics onto a tree trunk in a Berlin park.

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".

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

Berlin's natural history museum houses the world's largest mounted dinosaur and the late beloved polar bear Knut.

A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.