Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

The bunker where Hitler took his own life is hidden under this deliberately ordinary parking lot.

A monument to the man who almost killed Hitler.

The longest cutting on the M62 contains some surprises—though it's best to leave the motorway to appreciate them.

The former Nazi Germany concentration camp stands as a museum to remember this dark chapter in European history.

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.

Relive a Polish uprising via an enormous, century-old cyclorama.

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

A 90-ton, gravity-defiant steam locomotive shoots for the skies in this bizarrely beautiful public artwork.

A mysterious concrete hand reaches out from between the stones of Uniwersytecki bridge.

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

This ex-prison dates back to the Middle Ages.

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

Poland's oldest surviving university building holds a wealth of historic science instruments including some used by Copernicus.

Inside this Krakow church, an explosion of psychedelic color.

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

Seven dragon statues—including one that breathes real fire—are scattered throughout the streets of Krakow.

Krakow's own version of the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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

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

Legend holds that this knife serves as a chilling reminder of the deadly rivalry between two local builder brothers.