Places Petronille Wants to Go

Art Nouveau painter Alphonse Mucha spent 18 years creating these monumental paintings of Slavic history and mythology.

This archaeological site built into a tuff outcrop is filled with rock dwellings, the ruins of a medieval castle, and a necropolis.

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

At night, this memorial illuminates a ghostly outline of a footbridge that connected two sections of the Warsaw Ghetto.

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

Once home to some 250,000 volumes and priceless art artifacts, this Polish estate was a target of bombing during World War II.

A heavily politicized roundabout discussing the state of a heavily politicized country.

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

Down this Cracovian street resides a plaque with a stark message about the city's air pollution.

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

A statue commemorating a Polish dog who took his role as man's best friend very seriously.

A collection of modern and vintage pinball machines housed in the cellar of a 15th-century building.

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

An artificial date palm stands as a memorial to Warsaw's Jewish community.

Extremely famous in his native country, this Cracovian painter is all but unknown beyond Polish borders.

This colorful and quirky set of pegasus sculptures celebrate the works of poet Zbigniew Herbert.

A somber memorial honors the hundreds of thousands of lives lost at this labor and extermination camp.

The final resting place of the last "gypsy king" of Poland.

An artificial hill and apparent calendric structure built in the Early Middle Ages immortalizes a legendary Polish princess.

The biggest exposition of dental equipement in Europe. And a Mummy.

Learn the fine art of making a centuries-old treat at this hands-on food museum.

Hundreds of notes give thanks to the patron saint of lost causes.

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

Come to this Polish museum to take a good, clean look at filth.