A 12th-century fortress containing some of Berlin's oldest buildings.

Home to 10,000 medical specimens including the remains of Rudolf Virchow's extensive collection of pathological specimens.

What started as a tongue-in-cheek shrine is now a full-blown museum celebrating "The Hoff" and his longtime love affair with Berlin.

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

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

Berlin's natural history museum houses the world's largest mounted dinosaur and the late beloved polar bear Knut.

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

Art and a pun, all in one.

A state-of-the-art medical facility from the Imperial era is now a derelict ruin.

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

Dine at a legendary after-hours joint frequented by David Bowie and Iggy Pop.

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

A dilapidated space station with overtones of 'Alien' and 'Bladerunner' featuring a multiplayer games galore.

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

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 watchtower once presided over the Berlin Wall.

Art installations, derelict railcars, and endangered grasshoppers all call this south Berlin park home.

One of the oldest cemeteries in Germany was originally used for victims of a cholera epidemic.

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

Berlin's beloved bear is immortalized at the Museum für Naturkunde.

A towering monument to war, located on a beautifully peaceful hill.

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

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

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