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These beautiful castle ruins are nestled in the Polish countryside.

This 16th-century pole was once used in brutal public executions.

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

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

The rusting hulk of a Soviet warship sits on a Polish beach.

A massive mammoth bone has been on display inside this church since the 18th century.

This alluring underground library, hidden in a suburban Metro station, features a Space Age aesthetic and its own hydroponic garden.

Legend says a giant, venomous spider once dwelled within this Polish church.

This symbol of Polish heritage survived the occupation during World War II, hidden in plain sight.

Disturbing works of outsider art, carved from whole logs.

An impressive monument to Poland's independence.

This formerly-prosperous Silesian mining town was completely demolished in the late 1960s and early 1970s as an attempt to cover up a secret Soviet uranium mine.

This dazzling wooden church was constructed as part of an elaborate peace project after the Thirty Years' War.

Remnants from a time before electricity.

The shattered remains of the world's once tallest structure.

The manor house where the Polish composer spent childhood summer holidays is now a museum and concert hall.

This lakeside bunker complex in Mamerki, Poland, housed the Supreme Military Command of Nazi Germany during World War II.

Gliwice Radio Tower, likely the tallest wooden structure in the world.

This unique railroad museum secretly contains the history of Poland rebuilding itself from the inside-out.

The relics are stored in a silver reliquary, where they can be seen through glass.

This museum houses and extensive collection of technology contributed by the Polish people.

This ex-prison dates back to the Middle Ages.

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

At night, this memorial illuminates a ghostly outline of a footbridge that connected two sections of the Warsaw Ghetto.