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Built in 1870 at the bridge that connected Buda and Pest, this spectacular incline railway was almost lost forever during World War II.

A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.

A 19th-century artistocrat's mansion, turned into a library, hidden in a modern library.

A series of caves under Castle Hill that once held the prisoner Vlad Tepes, better known as Count Dracula.

A symbolic cemetery in a suburban square marks the birthplace of Poland's WWII resistance movement.

Prior to modern plumbing, some toilets were in tall towers perched over rivers.

One of Warsaw's coolest malls was once a center for anti-Nazi resistance activity.

According to local legend, this unassuming art gallery was once used to imprison witches.

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

The tallest stone dam in Poland was opened by Kaiser Wilhelm II himself.

The original stone marking the interwar border between Germany and Poland sits in this unassuming village park.

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

These beautiful castle ruins are nestled in the Polish countryside.

During the renovation of this bas-relief, the constructors added one unusual element.

A tribute to the first human in space.

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

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

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

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

A group of tiny bears has occupied various spots across Warsaw's Bemowo district.

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

These plaques found across Warsaw commemorate the sites where executions or battles took place during the German occupation.

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