The dining hall that nourishes workers in Chernobyl'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 biblical sculpture honors those who lost their lives, homes and communities to the Chernobyl disaster.

The deepest metro station in the world.

This derelict superstructure was a very important warning system for the Soviet military.

One of the most poignant ruins of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, the local football team's stadium has been quickly reclaimed by nature.

340-foot statue built to honour the Heroes of the Soviet Union.

A reconstructed medieval gateway that was the magnificent entrance to the capital city dating back to 1037.

This attraction was abandoned after the Chernobyl disaster.

The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.

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

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

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

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

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

A bronze replica of an elm tree that honors the victims that perished in Pawaik Prison.

In the summer, the area around this sculpture transforms into a vibrant concert venue.

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

This bell stars in a tragic love tale and is said to make wishes come true.

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

The final resting place of more than 200,000 people, this is one of the largest cemeteries in Europe.

This hidden collection of everyday objects illustrates life within communist Poland.

A statue honors the children who fought Nazis in Poland.

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