The Stasi watchtower in Weißensee overlooks a derelict building that hides a dirty secret in its basement – this is where the Stasi had a shooting range for target practice.

Pflegeheim Saalow, a nursing and retirement home, was lauded by the East German authorities for its exemplary treatment of the most vulnerable people in the DDR. Exemplary was horrific.

Pionierlager Klim Woroschilow had its heyday when East Germany still existed. The socialist state’s young and impressionable enjoyed summers of fun at the youth camp.

The 1920s Delphi silent film theater was reborn as the Moka Efti club in the Babylon Berlin television series, then it was silent once more.

The Stasi spy station Quelle 1 in Rhinow tapped fiber cable going from West Berlin 250km across the DDR to enemy state West Germany. Sneaky.

This Gutshaus was born of property speculation and onto property speculation it shall pass. Perhaps it’s apt, the old farmhouse is no longer gut.