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

A museum specifically dedicated to the Trabant, one of the iconic automobiles of the GDR.

After fleeing the Syrian civil war, chef Malakeh Jazmati began serving exceptional renditions of her homeland's cuisine in Berlin.

The 1852 novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin" lends its name to a subway station, a street, and several shops on the edge of Berlin.

This platform is now a memorial dedicated to those who were deported during the Holocaust.

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

Superb sweets await at the first Jewish bakery inducted into Berlin’s prestigious baker’s guild.

The best bagels in Berlin are tucked away in an independent bookstore.

For more than 170 years, this family-run bakery has been serving Berlin’s best Baumkuchen, or “tree cake.”

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

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

The world's first clock to use set theory as a measure of time required the invention of a new light bulb just to maintain its obtuse measurements.

A museum in the building where Nazi Germany signed its surrender tells the story of World War II from the Soviet perspective.

Berlin's old airport.

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.

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

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

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

The bunker where Hitler took his own life is hidden under this deliberately ordinary parking lot.

This World War II bunker now survives as a documentation of the Nazi regime and war crimes.

A collection of abandoned typographic signs from Berlin and beyond.

A narrow passage next to a cafe leads to a courtyard exploding with murals, tags, and paste-ups.

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

The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.