This pub was 238 years old when it decided to revamp its image: It started serving Thai food.

This artist's home turned gallery/museum preserves the creator's love of "Eastern" influences.

According to legend, this tomb holds the secrets to time travel.

A 1950s beatnik coffee house, turned 60s counterculture hotspot, turned modern music venue.

One of the greatest movie directors of all time lived and worked in this London flat from 1926 to 1939.

British Empire's last territorial expansion, claimed by four countries.

The red crab exhibits one of the most spectacular migrations on earth, despite manmade obstacles.

Though many were skeptical at first, these animal-specific routes across the Trans-Canada Highway have been a major conservation success.

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

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

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

For patriotic Russians, this memorial honoring the Soviet soldiers who died liberating Berlin in 1945 is the most sacred location outside of Russia.

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

The original burial place of this preeminent 18th-century Jewish philosopher was razed by the Nazis.

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

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

Antique frame collection with 2,400 frames.

This TV tower once secretly housed a GDR intelligence team.

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

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

The non-native bovine herd was brought in to help conserve these Berlin wetlands.

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

This sprawling Jewish cemetery is one of the largest in Europe.

This concrete residential area doubles as an open-air gallery.