An abandoned church gets a second life as a massive beer hall and event space.

This uber-quaint Polish village is known for its habit of painting elaborate floral motifs on just about everything.

Inside this Krakow church, an explosion of psychedelic color.

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

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

An underground city beneath Krakow's postwar socialist utopia.

This sprawling concrete suburb of Kraków was designed by the Soviet Union as the model proletarian city.

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

Remnants from a time before electricity.

The profile of one ill-fated deacon was emblazoned forever on this church window during the Halifax explosion.

How would you like to dine in the same room where some of the Titanic's victims were embalmed?

These colorful French islands spent a stint bootlegging booze during American Prohibition.

This cathedral dedicated to Louis IX, sainted King of France, holds many secrets.

A treasure trove of rare and exquisitely detailed antiques

Colorful, cheeky signs spill out of legendary New Orleans folk artist Dr. Bob's Bywater studio warning you to "Be Nice—Or Leave."

Every year, a Louisiana town remembers a brief Civil War truce inspired by Masonic brotherhood.

The short-lived history of a new republic and British control in West Florida.

A 19th-century Gothic, castle-like statehouse by the Mississippi River.

Small indie movie theater that shows documentaries and unique films and has a cocktail bar with great drinks.

This stately Victorian-era burial ground overlooking the Pacific Ocean is home to the graves of some of British Columbia's most famous figures.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

One of the world’s most colorful cemeteries, where each pigment is symbolic.

This softball diamond has a culture all its own.

A museum celebrating mola textiles, the intricate art of the Guna people of Panama.