Places mascall Wants to Go

Ruins of a late 1950s Polish ski jump ramp in the middle of the city.

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

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

Special benches that play Chopin's music are scattered throughout his native city.

Legend says this is actually a heartbroken prince waiting for his true love's kiss.

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

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

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

A statue honors the children who fought Nazis in Poland.

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

A national collection of Communist-era musical posters.

A fortress built to pacify local uprising that had a stint as a Nazi concentration camp before becoming a five-star hotel.

The medieval home is still engraved with the symbol of the profession, an eye flanked by two axes.

One Italian taxi driver covered his entire house in small seashells creating a weird bit of architecture that is preserved to this day.

The construction of a tram line unveiled hidden remnants of the old medieval city.

The world's largest collection of preserved trolleybuses.

This modernist church's massive sci-fi dome may be one of Latin America's largest.

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

A tribute to the Polish insurgents who fought in the failed attempt to end their city's Nazi occupation.

Warsaw's fantastically preserved gasworks...almost.

This toxic spoil heap found a second life as a ski slope, popular film location, and wildlife haven.

An abandoned stretch of highway, deteriorating next to the operational one.

The remains of a British railway rusting in the jungle mist of a Brazilian mountainside.

The quiet field that inspired one of the most famous songs of all time.