The 1852 novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin" lends its name to a subway station, a street, and several shops on the edge of Berlin.

Inside this Jewish cemetery is a memorial to soldiers who deserted the German army and were executed.

This TV tower once secretly housed a GDR intelligence team.

A socialist building dedicated to teachers showcases one of the largest Soviet mosaics in the world.

A plaque on the side of a building is a small tribute to the woman who invented an iconic Berlin fast food.

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

This museum is home to a sugar sculpture of the Berlin Airlift Memorial.

Superb sweets await at the first Jewish bakery inducted into Berlin’s prestigious baker’s guild.

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

A prime example of socialist modernist architecture, wrapped in a enormous fresco about the media.

In the summer of 1957, a massive architectural exhibition showed off the future of urban living in this German neighborhood.

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

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

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

The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.

An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.

A beautiful and moving memorial set on a little island in the middle of the river in Minsk.

A symbolic graveyard for the villages that perished during the Nazi invasion of Belarus.

The apartment building where JFK's assassin lived after defecting to the Soviet Union.

Remains of the old fortification along the Western border of the USSR, now an elaborate defense museum.

A striking Soviet memorial commemorates the liberation of Belarus from the Nazis.

Take Soviet nostalgia to new heights by toasting the first man in space over a full spread of Belarusian and Soviet fare.

Glowing orb in Minsk houses 8,600,000 items.

This Minsk museum has cat coffee, cat chess, cat art, and even a cat "staff," which visitors are free to take home.