Places Jason C Wants to Go

The giant statue and its model solar system honor the native Pole who declared that the Earth revolves around the Sun.

A hidden art gallery in an abandoned Warsaw fort.

A tree planted by Marie Curie is treasured by the Radium institute that she set up.

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

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

One of the world's largest collections of medieval religious art.

In the summer, the area around this sculpture transforms into a vibrant concert venue.

A menacing statue of this mythical creature can be seen at the legendary site of the monster's lair.

Hundreds of notes give thanks to the patron saint of lost causes.

The final resting place of more than 200,000 people, this is one of the largest cemeteries in Europe.

This colorful and quirky set of pegasus sculptures celebrate the works of poet Zbigniew Herbert.

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

Atop this library is one of the most beautiful green spaces in Warsaw.

No one messes with the Massachusetts sacred cod, not this time...

In 1958, an MIT fraternity pledge laid down on this bridge and instituted a new, unique unit of measurement.

19th-century operating theatre in which the use of ether was first demonstrated - plus, a skeleton and a mummy!

An underground city of salt.

A Soviet era flat that refused to conform to the dull gray standards.

A 19th-century pharmacy converted into a bookstore.

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

Remnants from a time before electricity.

An artificial hill and apparent calendric structure built in the Early Middle Ages immortalizes a legendary Polish princess.

In the midst of a living monument to Soviet social engineering, Polish Catholics built this church by hand.

This grubby wall is said to be one of the Earth's esoteric energy centers.