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Berlin, Germany

Fernsehturm Müggelberge

This TV tower once secretly housed a GDR intelligence team.
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Berlin, Germany

Fine Bagels

The best bagels in Berlin are tucked away in an independent bookstore.
Diana Hubbell Added by Diana Hubbell
Berlin, Germany

Konditorei Buchwald

For more than 170 years, this family-run bakery has been serving Berlin’s best Baumkuchen, or “tree cake.”
Diana Hubbell Added by Diana Hubbell
Berlin, Germany

Schwarzes Café

Dine at a legendary after-hours joint frequented by David Bowie and Iggy Pop.
Diana Hubbell Added by Diana Hubbell
Berlin, Germany

Soviet Graffiti in the Reichstag

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

Berlin Radio Tower

A restaurant and observation deck built in a unique broadcasting antenna.
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Berlin, Germany

Prussian National Monument for the Liberation Wars

A towering monument to war, located on a beautifully peaceful hill.
Added by ianroderick
Berlin, Germany

Platform 17 Memorial

This platform is now a memorial dedicated to those who were deported during the Holocaust.
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Ordino, Andorra

The Miniature Museum

Some of the smallest works of art in existence.
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Mamerki, Poland

Mauerwald Bunker Complex

This lakeside bunker complex in Mamerki, Poland, housed the Supreme Military Command of Nazi Germany during World War II.
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Krakow, Poland

Lord's Ark

In the midst of a living monument to Soviet social engineering, Polish Catholics built this church by hand.
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Gdańsk, Poland

Gdansk Astronomical Clock

A huge wooden clock that is so beautiful its creator was forcibly blinded.
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Amsterdam, Netherlands

Oost-Indisch Huis

The former headquarters of history's oldest megacorporation.
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Amsterdam, Netherlands

Amsterdam Cheese Museum

This cheese shop also houses a museum devoted to Dutch dairy.
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Shanghai, China

Site of the First National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party

The powerful party began with a secret meeting in this shikumen in 1921.
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Shanghai, China

Dr Sun Yat-sen’s Former Residence

The birthplace of modern China.
katielou106 Added by katielou106
Gyeongju, South Korea

Bunhwangsa

This grand temple complex from the Old Silla era of Korea is home to a stone pagoda that was build in the 7th century.
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Gyeongju, South Korea

Seokguram Grotto

Visiting this grotto is symbolic of a spiritual journey into Nirvana.
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Andong, South Korea

Sinsedong Seven-Story Brick Pagoda

The largest and oldest brick pagoda in Korea.
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Adršpach, Czechia

Adršpach-Teplice Rocks

Enormous sandstone towers loom within a Czech forest.
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Prague, Czechia

Olšany Cemetery

Walk through Czech history in Prague's largest graveyard.
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Datong, China

Yungang Grottoes

Massive series of 45 caves and over 51,000 sculptures carved from cliffsides in China.
Weinan, China

Huashan Mountain

A harrowing trail up a mile-high mountain.
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Weinan, China

Huashan Temple

A sacred mountaintop temple offers a fine cup of tea to visitors who can survive the journey.
Josh Added by Josh