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Unusual Attractions in Poland

Kudowa-Zdrój, Poland

Kaplica Czaszek: The Chapel of Skulls

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

Gryfino, Poland

Crooked Forest

Countless stories attempt to explain Poland's mysterious J-shaped trees.

Rynek Underground

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

Wieliczka, Poland

Wieliczka Salt Mine

An underground city of salt.

The Bones of the Wawel Dragon

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

Oswiecim, Poland

Auschwitz Concentration Camp

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

Wawel Dragon's Den

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

Gdańsk, Poland

Ruins at Westerplatte

The site of the first battle of World War II.

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Poznań, Poland

St. Martin’s Croissant Museum

The traditional Polish croissant, folded 81 times into the shape of a horseshoe, is a legally protected cultural treat.

Toruń Gingerbread Museum

Once a giant gingerbread factory, this space now hosts exhibits and workshops on the historic treat.

Oberża Pod Czerwonym Wieprzem

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

Kraków, Poland

The Living Obwarzanek Museum (Żywe Muzeum Obwarzanka)

Learn the fine art of making a centuries-old treat at this hands-on food museum.

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Stories About Poland

Deep in a forest in western Poland, is an abandoned Soviet bunker with an unusual ant situation.

The Saga of the Cannibal Ants in a Soviet Nuclear Bunker

And how scientists tried to free this formic Donner Party.

by Sabrina Imbler

November 20, 2019

Jam Saheb with Polish children.

During WWII, Polish Refugees Found a Home in India

The Maharaja of Nawanagar opened his summer palace to displaced children.

by Sunaina Kumar

November 28, 2018

<em>People in Interiors</em>, from <em>The Sociological Record</em>, Ostropa, Silesia, 1980.

Zofia Rydet Spent the Last Decades of Her Life Trying to Photograph Every House in Poland

Inside an archive of more than 20,000 documentary images.

by Anika Burgess

August 24, 2018

Ever tried cleaning up a chocolate spill in the kitchen?

12 Tons of Liquid Chocolate Have Blocked a Polish Highway

All aspiring Augustus Gloops should report to Poland.

In Pacanów, Koziołek Matołek is everywhere.

The Cartoon Goat From Poland Who Wandered the World in Search of Shoes

Koziołek Matołek resonated with generations of Polish children.

by Sarah Laskow

A medieval depiction of scribe holding a quill pen and a knife, from Canterbury, England.

Found: A Medieval Knife That Was Used Like an Eraser

It was probably some scribe's best friend.

by Vittoria Traverso

January 31, 2018

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