Largely overlooked, this little fountain on Museum Island is a whimsical tribute to a Prussian king nicknamed the “Fatty Flounder.”

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

A socialist building dedicated to teachers showcases one of the largest Soviet mosaics in the world.

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

The non-native bovine herd was brought in to help conserve these Berlin wetlands.

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

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

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

At one of Berlin’s oldest churches, visitors can place mosaic tiles to help restore a medieval mural.

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

This conical hill was built as a testing ground for an engineer known as the Glider King.

The walls of Germany's Parliament still show the scars of the Red Army takeover in World War II.

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

Someone loved this song enough to carve all of its lyrics onto a tree trunk in a Berlin park.

This Scottish bridge seems to compel dogs to leap to their death.

A ceramic postbox where visitors can post original poems and creative messages.

This emblematic representation is said to bring the students good fortune.

The oldest house in Glasgow is now a museum dedicated to the city's medieval history.

A mysterious ruin shrouded in more folklore than fact.

A serene public space nestled within the remains of Glasgow’s Victorian maternity hospital

This stately monument has been wearing a traffic cone hat for decades much to the delight of the locals.

"Respectful to the dead, safe and sanitary to the living, dedicated to the Genius of Memory..."

The elaborate clockwork contraptions in this Scottish gallery create small worlds of whimsy and horror.

This waterfall is one of the most spectacular natural features in the Scottish Lowlands.