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

The silly symbol for an underground protest group is now scattered around the city.

A collection of old neon signs from all over Poland line a secluded courtyard.

A relic of Poland's shipbuilding past, reborn as a sky-high lookout.

Several 12th-century ruins can be found inside this historical market.

A floundering Polish shipyard was once the soul of the Solidarity movement that capsized communism.

A huge wooden clock that is so beautiful its creator was forcibly blinded.

The site of the first battle of World War II.

This cemetery of rusting Soviet-era steam locomotives and train cars offers an apocalyptic glimpse into a bygone era.

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

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

At first glance, this area seems like just another city park, but the lush landscape hides a dark past.

The unsettling remnants of a torn down movie set lies nearby the ruined location of the actual Płaszów Labor Camp.

This man-made mound monument was built out of soil from all across the Polish empire.

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

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

This alluring underground library, hidden in a suburban Metro station, features a Space Age aesthetic and its own hydroponic garden.

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

Atop this library is one of the most beautiful green spaces in Warsaw.

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

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

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

A hidden art gallery in an abandoned Warsaw fort.

A program of Communist glamour in post-Stalin Poland is preserved in this colorful museum.