In the 19th century, this pit housed a fully grown black bear for the entertainment of visitors. Today there is a sculpture in tribute to the poor creature.

This Dresden church was purposely rebuilt Protestant after being demolished in World War II.

The site of a concentration camp where inmates were made to take part in one of the largest counterfeiting operations in history is now hauntingly empty.

A replica of the Liberty Bell rang daily from West Berlin's City Hall throughout the Cold War.

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

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

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

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

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

Dedicated to the European Sinti and Roma peoples murdered during the Holocaust.

The walls of Germany's Parliament still show the scars of the Red Army takeover in World War II.

One of downtown Berlin's last reminders of its Communist past.

A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.

This little dolphin is the first monument dedicated to the LGBTQ+ community in the southern United States.

"We Seceded Where Others Failed."

The highway's southernmost spot is a beloved local attraction.

In the shadow of a former battleground, the resting place for nearly 2,000 soldiers who died in World War I.

A rare example of World War I trenches from the British front.

This memorial museum chronicles the apocalyptic destruction of the First World War.

The castle still holds traces of the abandoned Roman fort it was built atop.

Recently restored menagerie of Victorian-era beasts.

Semi-precious Blue John stones have been mined in this cavern system for centuries.

Visitors to this Belgium graveyard are greeted by the grieving stone parents of the young men lost to war.

A moving memorial to the fallen and missing from WWI trenches.