Places marykate Wants to Go

A memorial to the beloved brown bear that served in the Polish army during World War II.

A statue commemorating a Polish dog who took his role as man's best friend very seriously.

A collection of modern and vintage pinball machines housed in the cellar of a 15th-century building.

Real bones which are said to have belonged to a Polish dragon.

Inside this Krakow church, an explosion of psychedelic color.

St. Mary's features one of the most spectacularly decorated cathedral interiors in all of Europe.

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

A mysterious concrete hand reaches out from between the stones of Uniwersytecki bridge.

In the center of Wrocław's old meat market stands a somber tribute to the city's livestock.

Relive a Polish uprising via an enormous, century-old cyclorama.

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

This hidden collection of everyday objects illustrates life within communist Poland.

An out of this world experience.

Open since 1938, this diner has kept its fountain, malt machine, and all the gum that greasers left beneath its counter.

This mural of the late David Bowie features eight colorful panels showcasing Bowie’s various alter egos.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

A former department store turned into a quirky restaurant.

This striking church was built from a Frank Lloyd Wright design more than a decade after the master architect's death.

A Rodeo for Prisoners.

This float factory takes the mask off of Mardi Gras and lets visitors see where the magic happens.

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

Striking images of New Orleans history, including colonizers, soldiers, Klansmen, scientists, sharecroppers, and more, are depicted in frescoes that line the walls of this transportation hub.

The state's oldest continuously operating museum houses more than 5,000 Civil War artifacts.

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.