This enormous 32-foot painting depicts Poland's greatest medieval battle in glorious detail.

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

Legend says this is actually a heartbroken prince waiting for his true love's kiss.

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

A statue honors the children who fought Nazis in Poland.

A menacing statue of this mythical creature can be seen at the legendary site of the monster's lair.

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

This deconsecrated church has seen many uses, from a tobacco storehouse to a cinema.

In the past, Renaissance sex workers were encouraged to entice customers on this bridge.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

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.

Twelve grave-faced marble angels guard the emperor's tomb at Les Invalides.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

Where a young athlete began his run across Canada after losing his right leg to cancer.

A World War II gun battery sits at the easternmost point of North America.

The first transatlantic wireless signal was received at this 17th-century fort.

This engineering marvel is the longest bridge in Canada and one of the longest spans in the world.

A morbid piece of memorabilia from the most famous shipwreck in current history is just one of the many poignant artifacts in this Canadian museum's collection.

This historic cemetery stopped accepting bodies before many Canadian cities were founded.

The profile of one ill-fated deacon was emblazoned forever on this church window during the Halifax explosion.

The city of Halifax still bears the scars of the largest explosion prior to the atomic bomb.

The final resting place of 121 victims of the RMS Titanic, 42 of which may never be identified.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.