After a nearly successful attempt on Hitler's life, the conspirators met their fate in the courtyard of this Berlin building.

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

A Syrian family keeps memories of their homeland alive at this sweet shop.

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

From Iggy Pop to David Bowie to Nick Cave, this regal music studio has served some of the all time greats.

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

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

A slice of central Asia in the middle of Berlin.

This star-shaped military outpost is now simply trying to protect itself from neglect.

You can spot this teeny tiny stained-glass window from the Bonifacius bridge.

A once-magnificent collegiate church is falling into ruin.

Climb inside an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times its normal size.

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

A Stockholm metro station is home to an escalator that is not only the longest in Sweden, but among the longest in the world.

Stockholm's deepest subway station is also a stunning ecological wonder.

A plaque marks the house in Stockholm where the French philosopher René Descartes lived up until his death.

A 130-year-old urinal is the oldest of Stockholm and perhaps all of Sweden.

Maybe the only restaurant in the world where your seat will be signed by a Nobel laureate.

Several cannonballs of mysterious origins decorate two buildings in Stortoget's main square.

An ancient Viking runestone hidden in plain view in Stockholm's old town.

One of the world's first dedicated bank buildings in the world is now the oldest one.

It is said that each of the white stones in the red facade of this medieval house represents the head of a murdered Swedish noble.

Stockholm's narrowest alley is barely over two feet wide.

Dine on food tied to Viking history and legend at this subterranean Stockholm spot.