Torun, Poland
Nicolaus Copernicus House
Museum dedicated to "the man who moved the Earth."
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Torun, Poland
Museum dedicated to "the man who moved the Earth."
Warsaw, Poland
The world’s narrowest house makes for an awkward, four-foot-wide living space.
Gdańsk, Poland
A huge wooden clock that is so beautiful its creator was forcibly blinded.
Torun, Poland
Once a giant gingerbread factory, this space now hosts exhibits and workshops on the historic treat.
Sopot, Poland
This fairytale inspired, warped building houses restaurants, shops, and a radio station.
Poznań, Poland
The traditional Polish croissant, folded 81 times into the shape of a horseshoe, is a legally protected cultural treat.
Ketrzyn, Poland
This Nazi ruin was the site where Hitler was almost blown up by a suitcase bomb.
Walbrzych, Poland
A fairytale Gothic castle steeped in Nazi treasure conspiracy theories.
Zalipie, Poland
This uber-quaint Polish village is known for its habit of painting elaborate floral motifs on just about everything.
Gdańsk, Poland
The site of the first battle of World War II.
kłodzki, Poland
Naturally formed rock city in Poland.
Warsaw, Poland
A program of Communist glamour in post-Stalin Poland is preserved in this colorful museum.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
This stunning Brazilian library contains the largest collection of Portuguese texts outside of Portugal itself.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Crumbling remnant of Rio's colonial past tucked behind Corcovado mountain in the neighborhood of Cosme Velho.
Bonito, Brazil
Part of one of the largest flooded cavities on the planet, and littered with prehistoric animal bones.
Manacapuru, Brazil
An Amazonian hotel is the ultimate treehouse and provides stilt based accommodation.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Beautiful public park off the beaten path and away from tourists.
Santo Amaro do Maranhão, Brazil
A faux desert landscape in the middle of the jungle that sprouts oases during the rainy season.
Santo André, Brazil
The remains of a British railway rusting in the jungle mist of a Brazilian mountainside.
Brumadinho, Brazil
The largest open-air contemporary art center in South America is a unique experience in the Atlantic Forest.
Alto Paraíso de Goiás, Brazil
After millennia of erosion by sand and churning water this Brazilian valley now looks like a lunar fantasy.
Pernambuco, Brazil
The haunting peak of an old church is all that remains of a drowned Brazilian city.
Chaves, Brazil
Queen of the waterlilies, so big and strong it can support the weight of a human.
Curitiba, Brazil
Solitary monument dedicated to the beauty of nature.