Many tourists in Berlin want to learn about the city’s history and its division. The Checkpoint Charlie Museum gives some idea of the profound consequences the Berlin Wall had on human destinies.

The Berlin Wall crossing point known is Checkpoint Charlie was dismantled on 22 June 1990. It had been used as a crossing point between East and West Berlin since the construction of the Wall in 1961.

McDonald's said Tuesday it planned to open a new outlet at Berlin's Checkpoint Charlie, completing the landmark's 20-year transformation from Cold War front line to money-making tourist hotspot.

The Berlin Wall fell on the night of November 9, 1989. What was the atmosphere like that evening at Checkpoint Charlie, the former border crossing? Amateur photographer Mathias Brauner captured ...

BERLIN—Here at Checkpoint Charlie, where Soviet and American tanks once aimed at each other separated by 30 yards, Cold War tensions are still running high. An international group of scholars ...

Checkpoint Charlie was the name given to the tiny makeshift building, erected in Berlin in August 1961 alongside the wall. American GIs at Charlie stood facing the Soviet Army and the East German ...

Berlin, Germany, June 22, 1990: Dignitaries stand in front of Checkpoint Charlie as the historic guard post is removed by a crane. The site of many daring escapes, one infamous showdown between U ...

Within Berlin, the border consisted of a low-profile inner wall and a 12-foot-high concrete outer wall topped with barbed wire and a rounded, pipe-like surface to discourage grappling hooks.

"It's a disgrace," said Alexandra Hildebrandt of the House at Checkpoint Charlie museum, which documents how almost 1,000 East Germans died trying to reach the West during the Cold War, including ...