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

Known simply as "The Hand," this famous public sculpture in Berlin was featured in a Depeche Mode music video.

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

Art and a pun, all in one.

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

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

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

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

Reminders of the Battle of Berlin still scar the railway.

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

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

Three wildly colorful calderas top this otherworldly volcano chain.

This archaeological site boasts temple ruins that date back 5,000 years to the Dilmun culture, and may have been described in the tale of Gilgamesh's search for immortality.

Skyscraper powered by wind turbines attached between its towers.

This beautifully historic Bahrain fortress might not be the most popular attraction around, but that might make it all the better.

Once home to Komodo dragons, this island dreamscape has a rare combination of white, pink, and black sand beaches.

A sprawling nature preserve harbors the world's only living dragons.

Lions carved into the rockface adorn these two tombs built into the mountains of Dadan.

Made by a man on a worldwide sanitation crusade.

A fantastical 13th-century fortification sandwiched by a modern hotel in central Brussels.

The Devil’s own choice when he needs a drink in Brussels.

This recently restored crypt was once plagued by liquefying coffins and exploding caskets.