Torun, Poland
Toruń Gingerbread Museum
Once a giant gingerbread factory, this space now hosts exhibits and workshops on the historic treat.
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Torun, Poland
Once a giant gingerbread factory, this space now hosts exhibits and workshops on the historic treat.
Gdańsk, Poland
A huge wooden clock that is so beautiful its creator was forcibly blinded.
Grabarka, Poland
Crosses of all shapes, sizes and colors litter the mountain, the site of a huge yearly Orthodox pilgrimage.
Krakow, Poland
This Polish cave has housed a dragon, a brothel, and an enduring legend.
kłodzki, Poland
Naturally formed rock city in Poland.
Gdańsk, Poland
The site of the first battle of World War II.
Walbrzych, Poland
A fairytale Gothic castle steeped in Nazi treasure conspiracy theories.
Wieliczka, Poland
An underground city of salt.
Kudowa-Zdrój, Poland
The walls and ceiling of this Polish church are decorated with thousands of skulls, with another 21,000 skeletons just below.
Krakow, Poland
Beneath Kraków Old Town's main square lies a hologram-filled medieval market vampire graveyard wonderland.
Gryfino, Poland
Countless stories attempt to explain Poland's mysterious J-shaped trees.
Georgia
Ancient rock-hewn town that witnessed key events of Georgian history.
Porto, Portugal
Ancient catacombs form the foundation for this Rococo orgy of a church.
Saint-Pierre-Colamine, France
A cave dwelling that was started by the Celts, expanded by monks, and finished by knights.
Job, France
Fur-lined metal pod dangling in the French countryside.
Saint-Bonnet-le-Château, France
Natural mummies hidden in the crypt of a medieval French church.
Mosta, Malta
This spectacular dome managed to survive after being bombed in World War II, in an event known as the "Miracle of Mosta."
Mdina, Malta
The Jesus tree of Malta bears a striking resemblance to Christ on the cross.
Iż-Żejtun, Malta
A hidden tunnel of bones in one of Malta's oldest churches.
Victoria, Malta
This prison on the Maltese island of Gozo is almost 500 years old, and they have the graffiti to prove it.
Qrendi, Malta
This Stone Age solar temple aligns with the sun on each equinox and solstice.
Mellieħa, Malta
An abandoned set from the 1980 film "Popeye," claimed and repurposed as a theme park by creative locals.
Rome, Italy
One of Catholicism's four major basilicas has a series of papal portraits that are said to predict the end of the world.
Rome, Italy
2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.