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

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

Tiny memorials honor individual victims of the Holocaust.

Dedicated to the European Sinti and Roma peoples murdered during the Holocaust.

The "Prussian Versailles" that is as glorious today as when it was built.

Designed to resemble foreign architecture, this mosque-looking structure was used to pump water to a royal fountain.

Solar observatory doubles as a daring display of Expressionist architecture, much to Einstein's chagrin.

If you visit the burial place of King Frederick the Great, you'll likely find a couple of potatoes sitting on his tombstone.

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

A tree-like building perches on its trunk in the Steglitz neighborhood of Berlin.

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

From Nazi chemicals to the CIA, this architectural marvel has played a fascinating role in German history.

The entrance to this Frankfurt subway station looks like an old tram car crashed into the concrete sidewalk.

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

The unusually large seat sits atop the base of a ruined temple.

In this German city center, the streets have no names.

This fountain of a little boy that spits on passersby at erratic intervals is a town icon.

Every half hour the eye-rolling clock face sticks out its tongue to mock the good citizens of Koblenz.

Largest illuminated advertisement sign in the world.

A condensed piece of China floating in a Dutch harbor.

Old ships and machinery fill a historic harbor in the city that's home to Europe's largest port.

Rotterdammers' dirty minds gave this santa a dirty nickname and cursed it to a life of wandering.

The grave of the famous painter is marked by a simple stone in the ground.

Lumps of significant stone from around the world surround a flaming monument for peace.