Krakow, Poland
Wawel Dragon's Den
This Polish cave has housed a dragon, a brothel, and an enduring legend.
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Krakow, Poland
This Polish cave has housed a dragon, a brothel, and an enduring legend.
Tomaszów Mazowiecki, Poland
Dubbed "Wistom" by locals, this abandoned factory is an urban explorer's dream.
Krakow, Poland
This grubby wall is said to be one of the Earth's esoteric energy centers.
Warsaw, Poland
This enormous 32-foot painting depicts Poland's greatest medieval battle in glorious detail.
Gdańsk, Poland
Modern art commemorates one of the first military actions of World War II.
Gdańsk, Poland
A merchant court dedicated to the fictitious King Arthur is heavily adorned with bizarre Renaissance art.
Gdańsk, Poland
This antique thermometer honors the creator of the first universal temperature scale.
Wrocław, Poland
This oddly beautiful water cistern is a techno-temple to the wet stuff and a multimedia masterpiece.
Świdnica, Poland
This centuries-old wooden wonder was built in less than a year and is one of Europe's largest timber-framed churches.
Otwock, Poland
An abandoned Jewish sanatorium is tucked within the woods of Poland.
Łapalice, Poland
This imposing 20th-century castle was abandoned before it was ever completed.
Kartuzy, Poland
The coffin-shaped church was once home to monks who slept in coffins.
Sopot, Poland
This fairytale inspired, warped building houses restaurants, shops, and a radio station.
Gdańsk, Poland
The site of the first battle of World War II.
Gdańsk, Poland
This Communist-era residential block is one of the longest residential building in Europe.
Gdynia, Poland
A haunting deserted hotel is a favorite with artists and photographers.
Lucknow, India
Inside the dome of this gigantic, Saturn-shaped building is one of the largest planetariums in Asia.
Guben, Germany
The home of the morbid art of corpse plastination is open for visitors to view the fascinating, but stomach-churning process.
Gdańsk, Poland
A floundering Polish shipyard was once the soul of the Solidarity movement that capsized communism.
Pniewo, Poland
What was once an underground Nazi city is now Europe's largest bat reserve.
Wrocław, Poland
A collection of old neon signs from all over Poland line a secluded courtyard.
Krakow, Poland
This sprawling concrete suburb of Kraków was designed by the Soviet Union as the model proletarian city.
Gdańsk, Poland
A huge wooden clock that is so beautiful its creator was forcibly blinded.
Katowice, Poland
While the U.S. and Soviet Union were engaged in a space race, Poland built a UFO on the ground.