Places alessandralee Wants to Go

The Polish capital has had a deep connection to its guardian mermaid for almost a millennium now.

This bell stars in a tragic love tale and is said to make wishes come true.

This enormous 32-foot painting depicts Poland's greatest medieval battle in glorious detail.

A 90-ton, gravity-defiant steam locomotive shoots for the skies in this bizarrely beautiful public artwork.

This mushroom-shaped rock has frustrated and fascinated locals for centuries.

The last king of Poland was interred in this church nearly 200 years after his death.

The giant metal fruit was once the symbol of a large farm.

This museum in the tower of the oldest church in Gdańsk, is home to centuries-old time-keeping devices and the world's first pulsar clock.

A statue commemorating a Polish dog who took his role as man's best friend very seriously.

Once home to some 250,000 volumes and priceless art artifacts, this Polish estate was a target of bombing during World War II.

Catch a scenic view of Warsaw's Old Town from the top of a centuries-old dumping ground.

A collection of modern and vintage pinball machines housed in the cellar of a 15th-century building.

Learn the fine art of making a centuries-old treat at this hands-on food museum.

The center of this Polish border town was so thoroughly wiped out in World War II that only the foundations remain.

Where visitors can play more than 150 retro arcade games.

Several 12th-century ruins can be found inside this historical market.

This abandoned but well-preserved Prussian fortress sits abandoned in a Polish forest near the German border.

An underground city beneath Krakow's postwar socialist utopia.

A mysterious concrete hand reaches out from between the stones of Uniwersytecki bridge.

For 200 years, people have flocked to this Polish town to experience the healing powers of salt.

This public park collects signposts and other memorabilia related to local history, Polish-German relations and human progress

This Baltic beauty is rumored to grant a wish and a half.

Legend holds that this knife serves as a chilling reminder of the deadly rivalry between two local builder brothers.

Beautiful portraits of the artist's children and his amazing stained glass windows in the Art Nouveau style.