Berlin's beloved bear is immortalized at the Museum für Naturkunde.

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

The final resting place of many of Germany's most famous communists.

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

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.

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

This little museum is making sure that the art and history of the graffiti sticker is not scraped from history.

Blitzkrieg bop your way through Berlin's Ramones Museum.

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.

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.

A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.

A wunderkammer of mysterious objects and stories.

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

An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.

A slice of central Asia in the middle of Berlin.

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.

The oldest and smallest cemetery in Paris is only open to the public twice a year.

In this Parisian garden's grotesque former life as a zoo it fed exotic animals to the bourgeois and put humans on exhibit.

A museum on the history of Paris, including a set of Napoleon's toiletries, Proust's room, and relics of the Revolution.

This abandoned beacon is moving closer and closer to the sea.

This little gem in the Gulf of Riga has a very rich heritage and distinct culture.