A famous big wave from Japan serves as a tribute to the victims of the disastrous Elbe flood.

Tourists often confuse this beautifully ornate former cigarette factory for a mosque.

Once home to some 250,000 volumes and priceless art artifacts, this Polish estate was a target of bombing during World War II.

Warsaw's fantastically preserved gasworks...almost.

These plaques found across Warsaw commemorate the sites where executions or battles took place during the German occupation.

The final resting place of the last "gypsy king" of Poland.

A heavily politicized roundabout discussing the state of a heavily politicized country.

After the famous composer died in Paris, his sister snuck his heart out of the country to honor his wish that it be buried in their native country.

Hundreds of notes give thanks to the patron saint of lost causes.

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

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

A 20th-century picture show in 3-D.

One of the world's largest collections of medieval religious art.

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

The world's oldest model village.

A classic red phone box converted into an informal village library.

The influential philosopher's old residence is commemorated in a small English town.

This crumbling headstone commemorates the first death by tiger in Britain's history.

Scars from the English Civil War mar this medieval sanctuary.

The last known resting place of the king who united England.

Where an 11th-century flying monk crash landed after attempting to take to the skies.

A much-loved sculpture depicting the hero of a 1956 anti-Soviet uprising.

A stone woman in a stylized dress honors a courageous politician.

This building has survived for more than a century and remains virtually untouched.