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Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

The largest free-standing aquarium in the world resides in a hotel lobby in Berlin.

The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.

Started as a kitchen garden, now the second largest botanical garden in the world.

Crammed inside this grounded passenger plane is a bar that was once a Communist hang out and is now a ratty relic.

Bullet holes in the church wall are a reminder of the violence that followed the assassination of a high-ranking Nazi officer.

The slender brass strip in Prague's Old Town Square was used to tell time from 1652 to 1918.

A series of playful yellow penguins share a serious message about the environment.

This former quarry is now a picturesque gorge that hides a sunken lake.

Bohemian paradise covered in majestic forests.

A spiral staircase twists to the top of this unusual Czech lookout tower.

Despite attempts by local police to discourage it, Beatles-inspired graffiti has been a means for artists to air grievances for decades.

Street artists transformed an abandoned air vent into the beloved Star Wars robot.

Countless grotesque faces stare out from this eerie Prague art wall.

The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this lurid Prague tourist attraction.

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

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

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

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

A World War II torpedo launch station abandoned off the Polish coast.

A striking public sculpture representing the period of martial law in Communist Poland.

The world’s narrowest house makes for an awkward, four-foot-wide living space.

Poland's oldest surviving university building holds a wealth of historic science instruments including some used by Copernicus.

This man-made mound monument was built out of soil from all across the Polish empire.