Olomouc, Czechia
'The Thief'
A cheeky reminder about the value of art dangles above one of Olomouc's busiest streets.
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Olomouc, Czechia
A cheeky reminder about the value of art dangles above one of Olomouc's busiest streets.
Warsaw, Poland
One of the world's largest collections of medieval religious art.
Warsaw, Poland
The final resting place of more than 200,000 people, this is one of the largest cemeteries in Europe.
Gmina Leśnica, Poland
One of the largest amphitheaters in Europe is a former Nazi German gathering place that still stands today.
Wrocław, Poland
A striking public sculpture representing the period of martial law in Communist Poland.
Warsaw, Poland
A statue honors the children who fought Nazis in Poland.
Wrocław, Poland
The silly symbol for an underground protest group is now scattered around the city.
Sopot, Poland
This fairytale inspired, warped building houses restaurants, shops, and a radio station.
Zakopane, Poland
Polish luminaries and masterful folk art find sanctuary in this unique cemetery.
Torun, Poland
Museum dedicated to "the man who moved the Earth."
Grabarka, Poland
Crosses of all shapes, sizes and colors litter the mountain, the site of a huge yearly Orthodox pilgrimage.
Krakow, Poland
Poland's oldest surviving university building holds a wealth of historic science instruments including some used by Copernicus.
Warsaw, Poland
A hidden art gallery in an abandoned Warsaw fort.
Warsaw, Poland
A program of Communist glamour in post-Stalin Poland is preserved in this colorful museum.
Ketrzyn, Poland
This Nazi ruin was the site where Hitler was almost blown up by a suitcase bomb.
Krakow, Poland
Beneath Kraków Old Town's main square lies a hologram-filled medieval market vampire graveyard wonderland.
Wieliczka, Poland
An underground city of salt.
Gryfino, Poland
Countless stories attempt to explain Poland's mysterious J-shaped trees.
Kudowa-Zdrój, Poland
The walls and ceiling of this Polish church are decorated with thousands of skulls, with another 21,000 skeletons just below.
Alexandria, Egypt
Part shoe store, part sociopolitical art gallery, part zoo.
Qesm Siwah, Egypt
Source for a sizable portion of Egypt's freshwater supply is more than an optical illusion.
Ibsheway, Egypt
Egyptian treasure trove of fossils documenting the whale's transition from land mammal to sea creature.
Luxor, Egypt
Known as the Sistine Chapel of Egypt, this tomb houses some of the most well-preserved paintings in Egypt.
Cairo, Egypt
The massive cave church of Cairo's Zabbaleen community is one of the largest Christian churches in the Middle East.