Hidden in plain sight on a gable between two towers on the roof of shipping firm F. Laeisz' headquarter in Hamburg sits an unexpected bronze sculpture.

Once the tallest building in the world, this abandoned church is now a monument to the destruction of WWII.

A sweet museum focused on beets.

This TV tower once secretly housed a GDR intelligence team.

A century-old shot ball factory tower is open to the public once a year.

Taste freshly foraged yarrow and black locust blossoms at this ambitious cocktail bar.

Tiny memorials honor individual victims of the Holocaust.

A brush maker used his factory to protect blind Jews from the Gestapo.

The skeletal frame of a decommissioned gas-pumping station offers breathtaking views of greater Berlin.

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

These former Nazi anti-aircraft towers offer a singular view of the north of Berlin in the summer, and a sanctuary for bats in winter.

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

A museum dedicated to the history of a terrifying secret police is now held in their former headquarters.

A slice of central Asia in the middle of Berlin.