A statue honors the children who fought Nazis in Poland.

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

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

At first glance, this area seems like just another city park, but the lush landscape hides a dark past.

The unsettling remnants of a torn down movie set lies nearby the ruined location of the actual Płaszów Labor Camp.

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

An underground city of salt.

The former Nazi Germany concentration camp stands as a museum to remember this dark chapter in European history.

The majority of the highest mountain in Poland is actually located in a different country.

A historic and beautiful Art Nouveau chamber in a historic railway station.

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

Down this Cracovian street resides a plaque with a stark message about the city's air pollution.

Remnants from a time before electricity.

Inside this Krakow church, an explosion of psychedelic color.

Krakow's own version of the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Seven dragon statues—including one that breathes real fire—are scattered throughout the streets of Krakow.

Extremely famous in his native country, this Cracovian painter is all but unknown beyond Polish borders.

St. Mary's features one of the most spectacularly decorated cathedral interiors in all of Europe.

Steadily reminding Czechia of its past.

Local folklore claims that this wall was not built for defense, but to provide labor during a time of famine.

Tucked away in a Prague park, a statue beloved by romantics honors a poet so nice they buried him twice.

Increasingly decayed figures stand as a powerful reminder of the human costs of Czech Communism.

Created as a "model concentration camp" to hide Nazi atrocities from the international community, this former camp-ghetto now holds a museum and memorial honoring the lives lost within.

A surreal statue honoring Prague's favorite literary son.