A haunting contrast of trains that both saved and took the lives of Jewish children in Nazi Germany.

A plaque on the side of a building is a small tribute to the woman who invented an iconic Berlin fast food.

The best bagels in Berlin are tucked away in an independent bookstore.

You've probably seen these distinctive orange-tiled columns on the big screen.

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

Taste freshly foraged yarrow and black locust blossoms at this ambitious cocktail bar.

This obscene artwork on the side of a newspaper office pokes fun at a rival paper's former editor-in-chief.

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

Germany's Glienicke Bridge has a shady history of clandestine meetings, espionage, and spycraft.

A monument to the man who almost killed Hitler.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

A collection of fanzines, recordings, and documents detailing the rise and influence of the feminist punk movement.

An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.

The final resting place of 121 victims of the RMS Titanic, 42 of which may never be identified.