Places Sputnicktatorship Wants to Go

The giant metal fruit was once the symbol of a large farm.

An open-air museum of 18th-century homes and churches transported from various villages in Southern Poland.

This hilltop ruin is of the hundreds of stone columns built in tribute to the first German chancellor.

The two abandoned overpasses are among the largest bridges in Poland.

On this Polish road, an optical illusion makes cars seem to roll uphill.

While the U.S. and Soviet Union were engaged in a space race, Poland built a UFO on the ground.

This enormous 32-foot painting depicts Poland's greatest medieval battle in glorious detail.

Come to this Polish museum to take a good, clean look at filth.

A small granite monument marks where the borders of three countries meet.

The coffin-shaped church was once home to monks who slept in coffins.

This bell stars in a tragic love tale and is said to make wishes come true.

This Communist-era residential block is one of the longest residential building in Europe.

Modern art commemorates one of the first military actions of World War II.

Special benches that play Chopin's music are scattered throughout his native city.

In the midst of a living monument to Soviet social engineering, Polish Catholics built this church by hand.

One of only two places in the world where two rivers cross each other without the waters mixing.

A tree planted by Marie Curie is treasured by the Radium institute that she set up.

The giant statue and its model solar system honor the native Pole who declared that the Earth revolves around the Sun.

This antique thermometer honors the creator of the first universal temperature scale.

A merchant court dedicated to the fictitious King Arthur is heavily adorned with bizarre Renaissance art.

This tower in a small Polish village uses the power of a sacred bell to ward off mischievous weather spirits.

This picturesque castle in Poland has a rich history, including a legend that ties it to lost Incan treasures.

This mysterious and once-grand memorial still embodies a remarkable architectural vision.

One of the largest amphitheaters in Europe is a former Nazi German gathering place that still stands today.