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Berlin, Germany

Knut the Polar Bear

Berlin's beloved bear is immortalized at the Museum für Naturkunde.
Meg Added by Meg
Berlin, Germany

Stasi Museum

A museum dedicated to the history of a terrifying secret police is now held in their former headquarters.
Luke J Spencer Added by Luke J Spencer
Berlin, Germany

Friedrichsfelde Socialist Cemetery

The final resting place of many of Germany's most famous communists.
themirroredroom Added by themirroredroom
Berlin, Germany

Soviet Memorial (Sowjetisches Ehrenmal)

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

Schwerbelastungskörper

Super-heavy Nazi architectural experiment.
stanestane Added by stanestane
Berlin, Germany

Tempelhof Airport

Berlin's old airport.
stanestane Added by stanestane
Berlin, Germany

Luisenfriedhof II

One of the oldest cemeteries in Germany was originally used for victims of a cholera epidemic.
Added by mattiundsami
Berlin, Germany

Messedamm Underpass

You've probably seen these distinctive orange-tiled columns on the big screen.
Fred Cherrygarden Added by Fred Cherrygarden
Berlin, Germany

Unité d'Habitation of Berlin

After local authorities changed the design, the building's architect, Le Corbusier, wanted nothing to do with it.
Adamgasth Added by Adamgasth
Berlin, Germany

Fliegeberg

This conical hill was built as a testing ground for an engineer known as the Glider King.
azrealumbra Added by azrealumbra
Worms, Germany

Jewish Cemetery in Worms

The oldest Jewish cemetery in Europe survived Hitler's Germany.
Laetitia Petruzzella Added by Laetitia Petruzzella
La Ferté-sur-Chiers, France

Ouvrage La Ferté

This striking fort on the Maginot Line looks just as it did after being destroyed in the Fall of France.
Gavin Added by Gavin
Avioth, France

Basilica of Our Lady of Avioth

A towering baroque basilica jutting out of the French countryside.
jeromeherr Added by jeromeherr
Schwangau, Germany

Neuschwanstein Castle

The fairy tale castle of the "fairy-tale king."
michelle Added by michelle
Leggiuno, Italy

Santa Caterina del Sasso

This monastery built into a cliff hides a perfectly preserved hermit in a glass coffin.
LenoreRocks Added by LenoreRocks
Highland, Scotland

Well of the Seven Heads

This macabre monument atop an ancient well gives a nod to a brutal episode in Scottish clan history.
ssm67alba Added by ssm67alba
Highland, Scotland

Gruinard Island

Fifty years of contamination in Scotland's waters.
atimian Added by atimian
Achmelvich, Scotland

Hermit's Castle

Believed to be the smallest castle in Europe.
niallmccumesty Added by niallmccumesty
Alltnacaillich, Scotland

Dun Dornaigil Broch

Unusually, this ancient Iron Age broch has never been excavated.
katielou106 Added by katielou106
Keoldale, Scotland

Cape Wrath

The farthest northwesterly point of the British mainland is one of the most remote places in the Scottish Highlands.
Added by mikestew1990
Durness, Scotland

Smoo Cave

A sea cave with a waterfall and Viking past
rachaelcosta Added by rachaelcosta
Dunnet, Scotland

Dunnet Head Lighthouse

The most northern place on the mainland of Great Britain.
KenJ Added by KenJ
John o' Groats, Scotland

John o' Groats Marker

The sign marks one of the endpoints to mainland Britain's longest overland travel route.
KenJ Added by KenJ
Wick, Scotland

Ebenezer Place

The world's shortest street was created by an awkwardly placed hotel.
nmcclure85 Added by nmcclure85