On the S-Bahn

Easy access to Museum island.

More walls

Mshatta Facade, Islamic treasure from Jordan's desert regions.

Market gate

Miletus' wonder, almost like new.

The gate

Ishtar Gate, eighth gate to the inner city of Babylon.

Steps

Just a few thousand years old.

Man on a horse, again

Ride on.

Top of the island

The Bode at the bow.

scars

After all these years.

That lived in look

No white washing the past.

It's that distressed look

Earned the hard way.

Check it out

The Neues dresses down.

Fixer-upper

Museum with scars.

Some wear and tear

But the Neues Museum has Queen Nefertiti as a resident.

Saddle up

King Frederick lords it up at the Alte Nationalgalerie.

Berlin cultural pit stop

Museum Island beckons.