For patriotic Russians, this memorial honoring the Soviet soldiers who died liberating Berlin in 1945 is the most sacred location outside of Russia.

This monumental work of art symbolizes the coming together of a previously divided city.

It's good luck to be mocked by this monkey.

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

This concrete residential area doubles as an open-air gallery.

Metro station with a claim to rock n' roll fame.

This Rococo church is known as the most beautiful village church in the world, and does not disappoint.

A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.

Reminders of the Battle of Berlin still scar the railway.

One of the world's heaviest musical instruments towers within a popular urban park.

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

Tiny memorials honor individual victims of the Holocaust.

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

A restaurant and observation deck built in a unique broadcasting antenna.

Berlin's old airport.

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

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

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

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

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

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

The beloved, war-tested mascot of a Union regiment graces their battlefield monument.