The saddest brewery in the world was right here in Berlin. At one stage, the Böhmisches Brauhaus in Friedrichshain just wanted to be put out of its misery.

Königin-Elisabeth-Hospital saw better days, days when it used to care. Don’t bother expecting treatment now unless you need a roof falling on your head.

The Soviet military had its administration HQ in Karlshorst, near where Generelfeldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel signed the unconditional surrender of German troops.

Only ghosts stay at the Ostsee hotel since it was abandoned by humans after Mauerfall. Nobody’s there to check guests in and nobodies take full advantage – they’re ghosts after all.

Kinderheim Makarenko was the biggest children's home in the DDR, where some 6,000 East Germans grew up without ever knowing where they came from.

The British built "Fighting City" so their soldiers could learn the subtle art of urban combat. It wasn’t abandoned for long before the police took over.

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.

Horrific experiments on concentration camp prisoners were carried out at Heilstätten Hohenlychen, formerly a complex of sanatoriums, then military hospital.

Sperenberg was considered the ideal site for Berlin's long overdue shiny new airport until the powers-that-be opted to build it beside Schönefeld instead.

Chemiewerk Rüdersdorf is a rich hunting ground for filmmakers, with "Enemy At The Gates," "The Monuments Men" and a Rammstein video apparently filmed here.

Professor August Hinderer's beautiful house has been in ruins since it was hit by bombs one night in March 1944. Trees are growing where the roof should be.

Before the Soviets took over, Bernau's Panzer Kaserne was dedicated to the Nazis’ Heeresbekleidungsamt, which made or repaired Wehrmacht soldiers' uniforms.

Bernau’s Heeresbekleidungsamt or “Army Clothing Agency” was where the Nazis had uniforms made for the war effort. No running around in rags for these guys.

Tacheles died on Sept. 4th, 2012. The famous former squat and cultural space will become fancy apartments, shops and a hotel. It's a typical Berlin story.

The authorities didn’t consider the wants and needs of a much-loved hippo or three polite penguins when they closed Freibad Wernersee, aka the Wernerbad.

Hitler and Honecker were among Beelitz-Heilstätten's famous patients. The former TB sanatorium became the largest Soviet military hospital outside the USSR.

Bärenquell was one of Berlin's popular beers renowned for taste. So it's hard to understand why the brewery went bust. Perhaps the bears drank all the beer.

The Elisabeth-Sanatorium was built over 100 years ago, when many such facilities near Berlin treated TB patients. In DDR times, it became a top skin clinic.