Empire Builders

Berlin, a city that wears its scars, has always welcomed outsiders. But it has also been a battleground invaded by the French, taken over by the Nazis, occupied by the Russians and then divided down the middle by competing ideologies

Berlin, a city that wears its scars, has always welcomed outsiders. But it has also been a battleground invaded by the French, taken over by the Nazis, occupied by the Russians and then divided down the middle by competing ideologies

Los Angeles, one of the largest cities in the United States' and the world, has a unique story. Home to indigenous tribes, just two hundred years ago it was a small outpost of Mexico, after it took possession of California from Spain