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

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

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

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

A memorial in the Tiergarten is a reminder of the suffering inflicted on homosexuals by the Nazi regime.

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

The iconic blonde bombshell has a familial connection to this town in southern Norway.

A favorite with sightseers, this Norwegian funicular provides easy access to a stunning view of Bergen and its environs.

This century-old grotesque has a mysterious history and may not actually be a rabbit.

Huge winged monument in the United Kingdom.

The castle where Martin Luther secretly translated the New Testament from Greek to German while in hiding.

One of the oldest wine cellars in Germany is now a restaurant beneath Bremen's town hall.

Böttcherstraße's bells, extolling Nordic virtues and the great conquerors of the world.

A stunning gilt bronze relief denounced by Hitler as "degenerate art"—even though it was dedicated to the Nazi leader.

One room inside this building mesmerizes all with its parabolic dome.

A spitting ode to a German serial killer.

This proud Teutonic warrior rises out of a German forest heralding a victory and measuring lightning.

Volkswagen's dedicated museum dives into the complex history of one of the world's best known cars.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.

An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.

The world's largest wooden structure.

It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.

It is said that each of the white stones in the red facade of this medieval house represents the head of a murdered Swedish noble.