This colorful and quirky set of pegasus sculptures celebrate the works of poet Zbigniew Herbert.

An artificial date palm stands as a memorial to Warsaw's Jewish community.

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

This 13th century Gothic brick castle is the largest in the world by surface area.

The Polish capital has had a deep connection to its guardian mermaid for almost a millennium now.

Order “Proletariat’s Cutlet” at this communist-themed restaurant allegedly once visited by Lenin.

This fairytale inspired, warped building houses restaurants, shops, and a radio station.

A statue honors the children who fought Nazis in Poland.

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

A menacing statue of this mythical creature can be seen at the legendary site of the monster's lair.

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

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

A program of Communist glamour in post-Stalin Poland is preserved in this colorful museum.

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

The largest collection of death masks in Ukraine.

This Ukraine alleyway has become its own little island of forgotten things.

An artful memorial to 4,000 fateful oranges.

Padlocks cover this rickety footbridge with love.

A peculiarly shaped brass sculpture hidden in a courtyard in central Lviv

Featured in one of the most iconic scenes in cinema history.

The dining hall that nourishes workers in Chornobyl's Exclusion Zone is also open to visitors.

The haunting complex honors the millions of Ukrainians who died in the forced famine under Soviet rule.

The deepest metro station in the world.

One of the largest museums in Ukraine remembers the story of the German-Soviet War in iconic, brutalist style.