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Polish luminaries and masterful folk art find sanctuary in this unique cemetery.

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

A national collection of Communist-era musical posters.

A mysterious structure left behind on the Polish mountainside, sometimes called "Hitler's Stonehenge".

Crosses of all shapes, sizes and colors litter the mountain, the site of a huge yearly Orthodox pilgrimage.

A tribute to the Polish insurgents who fought in the failed attempt to end their city's Nazi occupation.

After the famous composer died in Paris, his sister snuck his heart out of the country to honor his wish that it be buried in their native country.

This 700-year-old structure is one of the most unique architectural and historic monuments in Gdańsk.

A hidden art gallery in an abandoned Warsaw fort.

A fairytale Gothic castle steeped in Nazi treasure conspiracy theories.

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

This Nazi ruin was the site where Hitler was almost blown up by a suitcase bomb.

The site of the first battle of World War II.

An underground city of salt.

Beneath Kraków Old Town's main square lies a hologram-filled medieval market vampire graveyard wonderland.

The walls and ceiling of this Polish church are decorated with thousands of skulls, with another 21,000 skeletons just below.

This abandoned secret city is a crumbling wonderland of Soviet ruins.

The Jelgava Palace holds one of the few burial places of governor’s dynasties that is open to the public.

This controversial monument was designed to lionize the Red Army, but also disheartened the Latvian people.

This former Nazi labor camp is now a poignant memorial, complete with giant Soviet-style monuments.

The only things left in this abandoned Latvian graveyard are a mysterious stone and a ghost story.

The mile-long pier stretches from a ruined fortress out into the Baltic.

Medical museum that houses most notably the taxidermied remains of Vladimir Demikhov's famous two-headed dog experiment.

These abandoned vessels are destined to be reclaimed by the forest.