Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

Someone loved this song enough to carve all of its lyrics onto a tree trunk in a Berlin park.

An imperial church bombed to ruins during WWII now stands as a jagged memorial.

Once a path for Jewish funeral processions, this unassuming alleyway is rich in local lore.

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

This water-tower-turned-high-end-apartment building was once the site of an early Nazi concentration camp.

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.

When German-Iraqi relations broke down, this embassy was vacated post haste.

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