Torun, Poland
Nicolaus Copernicus House
Museum dedicated to "the man who moved the Earth."
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Torun, Poland
Museum dedicated to "the man who moved the Earth."
Oswiecim, Poland
The former Nazi Germany concentration camp stands as a museum to remember this dark chapter in European history.
Katowice, Poland
While the U.S. and Soviet Union were engaged in a space race, Poland built a UFO on the ground.
Wieliczka, Poland
An underground city of salt.
Krakow, Poland
There are thousands of tributes and memorials to the King, but none quite like this one in a Kraków city park.
Krakow, Poland
This man-made mound monument was built out of soil from all across the Polish empire.
Krakow, Poland
Real bones which are said to have belonged to a Polish dragon.
Krakow, Poland
Poland's oldest surviving university building holds a wealth of historic science instruments including some used by Copernicus.
Krakow, Poland
Beneath Kraków Old Town's main square lies a hologram-filled medieval market vampire graveyard wonderland.
Wisniowa, Poland
The hollow trunk of this 650-year-old tree was used as a hideout by two Jewish brothers during World War II.
Szafarnia, Poland
The manor house where the Polish composer spent childhood summer holidays is now a museum and concert hall.
Krakow, Poland
This sprawling concrete suburb of Kraków was designed by the Soviet Union as the model proletarian city.
Bochnia, Poland
Poland's oldest salt mine has nearly everything one needs to live underground forever.
Krakow, Poland
An artificial hill and apparent calendric structure built in the Early Middle Ages immortalizes a legendary Polish princess.
Kłobuck County, Poland
The oldest wind turbine in Europe, constructed by a group of friends in 1932.
hajnowski, Poland
Old cabin-like homes in a rural community untouched by time are known for their vibrant and colorful window shutters.
Zalipie, Poland
This uber-quaint Polish village is known for its habit of painting elaborate floral motifs on just about everything.
płocki, Poland
The shattered remains of the world's once tallest structure.
Sochaczew, Poland
This unique railroad museum secretly contains the history of Poland rebuilding itself from the inside-out.
Warsaw, Poland
A hidden art gallery in an abandoned Warsaw fort.
Warsaw, Poland
A tribute to the Polish insurgents who fought in the failed attempt to end their city's Nazi occupation.
Warsaw, Poland
A statue honors the children who fought Nazis in Poland.
Warsaw, Poland
A program of Communist glamour in post-Stalin Poland is preserved in this colorful museum.
Warsaw, Poland
This hidden collection of everyday objects illustrates life within communist Poland.