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A towering relic of Upper Silesia’s industrial past, the blast furnace of Huta Pokój stands as a monumental reminder of the region’s former role as one of Central Europe’s most important iron and steel production centers.

A symbolic cemetery in a suburban square marks the birthplace of Poland's WWII resistance movement.

For 200 years, people have flocked to this Polish town to experience the healing powers of salt.

This bombed church was given a new life as a contemporary art gallery.

The tallest stone dam in Poland was opened by Kaiser Wilhelm II himself.

A striking church with a Tolkien-inspired nickname.

How did this desert wind up in the middle of a Polish forest?

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

This wooden mosque is one of the few remnants of medieval Poland's Muslim Tatar community in this deeply Catholic country.

A Bauhaus co-founder designed this quirky, abandoned granary.

A small square populated with giant birchwood sculptures.

The rusting hulk of a Soviet warship sits on a Polish beach.

A Soviet era flat that refused to conform to the dull gray standards.

The center of this Polish border town was so thoroughly wiped out in World War II that only the foundations remain.

This dazzling wooden church was constructed as part of an elaborate peace project after the Thirty Years' War.

Legend says a giant, venomous spider once dwelled within this Polish church.

Disturbing works of outsider art, carved from whole logs.

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

A miniatures park with a model of Wolf's Lair as it looked during World War II.

This unique railroad museum secretly contains the history of Poland rebuilding itself from the inside-out.

This ex-prison dates back to the Middle Ages.

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

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

A 19th-century pharmacy converted into a bookstore.