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

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

These plaques found across Warsaw commemorate the sites where executions or battles took place during the German occupation.

A bronze replica of an elm tree that honors the victims that perished in Pawaik Prison.

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

A statue honors the children who fought Nazis in Poland.

Catch a scenic view of Warsaw's Old Town from the top of a centuries-old dumping ground.

The last king of Poland was interred in this church nearly 200 years after his death.

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

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

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

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

What started as a tongue-in-cheek shrine is now a full-blown museum celebrating "The Hoff" and his longtime love affair with Berlin.

For patriotic Russians, this memorial honoring the Soviet soldiers who died liberating Berlin in 1945 is the most sacred location outside of Russia.

This monumental work of art symbolizes the coming together of a previously divided city.

A statue of an astronomer gazes at the sky as a tribute to Caroline Herschel.

A small hippo-shaped fountain in Berlin, Germany.

The best bagels in Berlin are tucked away in an independent bookstore.

The site of a concentration camp where inmates were made to take part in one of the largest counterfeiting operations in history is now hauntingly empty.

This water-tower-turned-high-end-apartment building was once the site of an early Nazi concentration camp.

Once a path for Jewish funeral processions, this unassuming alleyway is rich in local lore.

For more than 170 years, this family-run bakery has been serving Berlin’s best Baumkuchen, or “tree cake.”

A historic fire call point.

A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.