Berlin has a grungy side. Sure, the massive Unter den Linden and sky-high TV Tower and bustling Potsdamer Platz provide all the highlights of a gleaming metropolis one would expect, but should you get under the city's skin, you can find all kinds of unexpected sights.  It's no surprise that a city as rapidly changing as Berlin has a fairly large number of abandoned structures. Industries evolve, businesses...

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May 9th, 2015: My third and final day in Budapest, Hungary was upon me. I woke up bright and early, short on sleep but in high spirits. That didn't last long, as I made a beeline for a decidedly un-cheery museum: the House of Terror. Although today it's an powerful, informational museum, the house at 60 Andrássy Boulevard once housed Hungary's version of the Gestapo during the Nazi occupation and thereafter communist...

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