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

Poland's oldest surviving university building holds a wealth of historic science instruments including some used by Copernicus.

The unsettling remnants of a torn down movie set lies nearby the ruined location of the actual Płaszów Labor Camp.

Warsaw's fantastically preserved gasworks...almost.

This 700-year-old structure is one of the most unique architectural and historic monuments in Gdańsk.

This uber-quaint Polish village is known for its habit of painting elaborate floral motifs on just about everything.

The site of the first battle of World War II.

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

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

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

The home of president Truman during the Potsdam Conference, and the place from which the atomic bomb strike on Japan was triggered.

After fleeing the Syrian civil war, chef Malakeh Jazmati began serving exceptional renditions of her homeland's cuisine in Berlin.

This small exhibition displays equipment and artifacts once belonging to the feared Stasi secret police.

The best bagels in Berlin are tucked away in an independent bookstore.

Superb sweets await at the first Jewish bakery inducted into Berlin’s prestigious baker’s guild.

The only remaining U-boat that is still floating never actually saw any action in World War II.

The site where a plot to assassinate Hitler was planned—and its conspirators were executed—is now a powerful memorial to the German resistance during World War II.

A top-secret bunker now turned museum, is an eerie look at what life would have looked like in the event of nuclear war.

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

In this brilliant blue spring in Germany, legend has it that a sad mermaid learned to finally laugh.

A tiny island is connected to the mainland by a private railway that residents travel in their own personal wagons.

A series of haunting wooden totems are hidden in the woods surrounding a German environmental center.

This painted Lego bridge is the product of over a century of locomotive history.

Twisted trees shaped by coastal winds make this woodland look like something from a spooky story.