Places nowickid Wants to Go

One of the world's largest collections of medieval religious art.

This enormous 32-foot painting depicts Poland's greatest medieval battle in glorious detail.

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

This unique railroad museum secretly contains the history of Poland rebuilding itself from the inside-out.

Old cabin-like homes in a rural community untouched by time are known for their vibrant and colorful window shutters.

Once a giant gingerbread factory, this space now hosts exhibits and workshops on the historic treat.

Legend says a giant, venomous spider once dwelled within this Polish church.

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

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

This sprawling concrete suburb of Kraków was designed by the Soviet Union as the model proletarian city.

In the midst of a living monument to Soviet social engineering, Polish Catholics built this church by hand.

An underground city of salt.

This uber-quaint Polish village is known for its habit of painting elaborate floral motifs on just about everything.

This picturesque castle in Poland has a rich history, including a legend that ties it to lost Incan treasures.

The majority of the highest mountain in Poland is actually located in a different country.

People in Poland have rallied to save this unnatural desert from being reclaimed by the forest.

The former Nazi Germany concentration camp stands as a museum to remember this dark chapter in European history.

The traditional Polish croissant, folded 81 times into the shape of a horseshoe, is a legally protected cultural treat.

One of only two places in the world where two rivers cross each other without the waters mixing.

These massive moving sand dunes have swallowed an entire village and are still on the run.

The walls and ceiling of this Polish church are decorated with thousands of skulls, with another 21,000 skeletons just below.

This centuries-old wooden wonder was built in less than a year and is one of Europe's largest timber-framed churches.

A fairytale Gothic castle steeped in Nazi treasure conspiracy theories.

This fairytale medieval church in Poland originally spent centuries in Norway.