Krakow, Poland
Nuclear Bunkers of Nowa Huta
An underground city beneath Krakow's postwar socialist utopia.
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Krakow, Poland
An underground city beneath Krakow's postwar socialist utopia.
Gdańsk, Poland
One of the world's largest amber altarpieces is housed within this reconstructed medieval church.
Słubice, Poland
The first, and perhaps only, monument dedicated to Wikipedia.
Treblinka, Poland
A somber memorial honors the hundreds of thousands of lives lost at this labor and extermination camp.
Sanok, Poland
An open-air museum of 18th-century homes and churches transported from various villages in Southern Poland.
Świebodzin, Poland
This towering statue of Jesus provided internet to the surrounding area.
Leśniewo, Poland
Built to transport German U-boats through the never-completed Masurian Canal, the locks near this Polish village are now home to a rope course.
Czestochowa, Poland
Brought to you by the makers of fiberglass dinosaurs.
Warsaw, Poland
Hundreds of notes give thanks to the patron saint of lost causes.
Gdańsk, Poland
Modern art commemorates one of the first military actions of World War II.
Żagań, Poland
The site of one of the largest prison escapes of World War II.
Warsaw, Poland
This extensive collection covers thousands of years of Polish military history.
Wągrowiec, Poland
One of only two places in the world where two rivers cross each other without the waters mixing.
Leba, Poland
This open-air museum was originally a World War II testing ground for German missiles and rockets.
Krakow, Poland
In the midst of a living monument to Soviet social engineering, Polish Catholics built this church by hand.
Gmina, Poland
This tower in a small Polish village uses the power of a sacred bell to ward off mischievous weather spirits.
Gdańsk, Poland
This antique thermometer honors the creator of the first universal temperature scale.
Gmina Leśnica, Poland
One of the largest amphitheaters in Europe is a former Nazi German gathering place that still stands today.
Wrocław, Poland
This oddly beautiful water cistern is a techno-temple to the wet stuff and a multimedia masterpiece.
Niedzica-Zamek, Poland
This picturesque castle in Poland has a rich history, including a legend that ties it to lost Incan treasures.
Gdańsk, Poland
A floundering Polish shipyard was once the soul of the Solidarity movement that capsized communism.
Malbork, Poland
This 13th century Gothic brick castle is the largest in the world by surface area.
Wrocław, Poland
The silly symbol for an underground protest group is now scattered around the city.
Krakow, Poland
There are thousands of tributes and memorials to the King, but none quite like this one in a Kraków city park.