Recent photographs

The Communs, across from Neues Palais (New Palace) in Potsdam, Germany, contained support facilities for the palace and housing for servants.

Neues Palais (New Palace) in Potsdam, Germany, was built in the 1760s.

A long pathway leaves the grounds of the Neues Palais (New Palace) in Potsdam, Germany and goes through Sanssouci Park.

A view of the back side of Neues Palais (New Palace) in Potsdam, Germany. The palace was built in the 1760s.

A view of the south side of Neues Palais (New Palace) in Potsdam, Germany, with the Communs in the background.

The Berlin Wall’s route through Berlin, Germany is marked with a double row of cobblestones on public streets and sidewalks.

The Brandenburg Gate, built between 1788 and 1791, is framed by trees as it stands in Pariser Platz (Paris Square) in Berlin, Germany.

The Brandenburg Gate, built between 1788 and 1791, stands in Pariser Platz (Paris Square) in Berlin, Germany.

The Reichstag is a historic building in Berlin, Germany, which houses the Bundestag, the lower house of Germany's parliament.

Graffiti artwork covers the east side of the Berlin Wall in Berlin, Germany.

A used metal gate fills a hole in a remaining section of the Berlin Wall, as seen from the east side in Berlin, Germany.

Stolpersteine, or stumbling stones, shine between cobblestones in a sidewalk along Rosenthaler Strasse in Berlin, Germany.

Visitors walk along the Haus Schwarzenberg Street Art Alley in Berlin, Germany.

Visitors check the artwork in the Haus Schwarzenberg Street Art Alley in Berlin, Germany.

The Haus Schwarzenberg Street Art Alley in Berlin, Germany can be seen through a tunnel at the east end of the alley.

Shoppers walk through a tunnel connecting different courtyard of Hackesche Höfe shopping area in central Berlin, Germany.

A spiral staircase provides access to apartments above Hackesche Höfe, a series of shopping courtyards in Berlin, Germany.

Visitors wall through the passageway exiting the Haus Schwarzenberg Street Art Alley in Berlin, Germany.

The Berlin TV tower rises above buildings, traffic and pedestrians as viewed from Hackescher Markt in Berlin, Germany.

A tram works its way down narrow Oranienburger Strasse in Berlin, Germany.