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

A traditional U-Bahn station in Berlin gets a string of rather untraditional benches.

The prison where Hitler wrote "Mein Kampf," and 278 Nazis were later executed for war crimes.

This century-old cinema house has a marquee that has been hand painted by a single man for over 25 years.

Go surfing on this urban wave, "hacked" by local surfers.

Cold war icon and onetime "hole" in the iron curtain.

In this truly magical place, rent hasn't been raised since the year 1520.

A meteorite-bounded town in Bavaria.

The footprint of a frustrated devil in Munich's Cathedral.

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

Among the ostentatious rococo ornamentation of this church, an image of death cuts the life-thread.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

Art and a pun, all in one.

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

The fairy tale castle of the "fairy-tale king."

The largest bell in the world has been swinging high above a Cologne cathedral for almost a century.

Thousands of tourists and residents in Cologne affix "love padlocks" on the Hohenzollernbrücke Bridge to symbolize their affections.

Sitting in the basement of a castle, the largest wine barrel in the world is bigger than most apartments.

A German apartment building hosting as many trees as human occupants.

The sweet story of how American cargo planes became known as "Candy Bombers" during the Berlin Blockade.

Carved fountains poignantly placed in parks and in front of special monuments.

Fantastic views and thousands of love locks.

The world's only silo that was topped by two revolving restaurants has unfortunately been demolished.