The manor house where the Polish composer spent childhood summer holidays is now a museum and concert hall.

Old cabin-like homes in a rural community untouched by time are known for their vibrant and colorful window shutters.

This Communist-era residential block is one of the longest residential building in Europe.

The oldest wind turbine in Europe, constructed by a group of friends in 1932.

A statue honors the children who fought Nazis in Poland.

A floundering Polish shipyard was once the soul of the Solidarity movement that capsized communism.

A hidden art gallery in an abandoned Warsaw fort.

This open-air museum was originally a World War II testing ground for German missiles and rockets.

One of the largest amphitheaters in Europe is a former Nazi gathering place that still stands today.

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

A striking public sculpture representing the period of martial law in Communist Poland.

A national collection of Communist-era musical posters.

These massive moving sand dunes have swallowed an entire village and are still on the run.

Polish luminaries and masterful folk art find sanctuary in this unique cemetery.

These mechanical goats first battled it out in the year 1551, all because of an overcooked deer.

What was once an underground Nazi city is now Europe's largest bat reserve.

A huge wooden clock that is so beautiful its creator was forcibly blinded.

Crosses of all shapes, sizes and colors litter the mountain, the site of a huge yearly Orthodox pilgrimage.

Museum dedicated to "the man who moved the Earth."

A mysterious structure left behind on the Polish mountainside, sometimes called "Hitler's Stonehenge".

An abandoned Nazi explosives plant founded by the inventor of dynamite is now an underground museum.

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

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.

The site of the first battle of World War II.