Often mistaken as a medieval Gothic monument, this unique cornerstone only dates back to the 1980s.

A monument commemorating the 852 lives lost in the sinking of the MS Estonia.

A map store filled with original Cold War era Russian maps of the world.

The mirrored section takes the shape of Hebrew characters when viewed from above.

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

This man-made mound monument was built out of soil from all across the Polish empire.

An underground city of salt.

A memorial to the beloved brown bear that served in the Polish army during World War II.

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

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

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

At first glance, this area seems like just another city park, but the lush landscape hides a dark past.

The unsettling remnants of a torn down movie set lies nearby the ruined location of the actual Płaszów Labor Camp.

Krakow's own version of the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Four hundred years ago, this turned-about message was carved into one of Winchester Cathedral's exterior walls.

A statue commemorating a Polish dog who took his role as man's best friend very seriously.

Real bones which are said to have belonged to a Polish dragon.

Inside this Krakow church, an explosion of psychedelic color.

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

This Polish cave has housed a dragon, a brothel, and an enduring legend.

This grubby wall is said to be one of the Earth's esoteric energy centers.

Down this Cracovian street resides a plaque with a stark message about the city's air pollution.

Remnants from a time before electricity.

Extremely famous in his native country, this Cracovian painter is all but unknown beyond Polish borders.