Places Petronille Wants to Go

The coffin-shaped church was once home to monks who slept in coffins.

These 18th-century paintings of Warsaw were used to reconstruct the city after World War II.

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

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

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

Inside this Krakow church, an explosion of psychedelic color.

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

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

A tree planted by Marie Curie is treasured by the Radium institute that she set up.

This grubby wall is said to be one of the Earth's esoteric energy centers.

An abandoned Jewish sanatorium is tucked within the woods of Poland.

A delightful museum entirely dedicated to the tiny homes of dolls.

This 13th century Gothic brick castle is the largest in the world by surface area.

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

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

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

There are thousands of tributes and memorials to the King, but none quite like this one in a Kraków city park.

A striking public sculpture representing the period of martial law in Communist Poland.

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

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

This biographical museum honors the groundbreaking scientist at her birthplace in Warsaw.

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

A statue honors the children who fought Nazis in Poland.

Order “Proletariat’s Cutlet” at this communist-themed restaurant allegedly once visited by Lenin.