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.

Order “Proletariat’s Cutlet” at this communist-themed restaurant allegedly once visited by Lenin.

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.

A program of Communist glamour in post-Stalin Poland is preserved in this colorful museum.

A sarcastic monument threatens to curse any "idiot" who dares remove it.

The sculpture's largest spire points directly toward the North Star.

A morbid gateway to an Alaska town prides itself on the hunting history it represents.

Permanent exhibit reminds visitors of the Exxon Valdez.

The collection includes seven one-of-a-kind automobiles, vintage fashion, and more.

This gravelly, dangerous highway is the only road in the United States that leads to the Arctic Ocean.

This super-sized statue is the only public memorial to the deal that ended America's neutrality during World War II.

Research missiles and rainbow auroras at the world's largest land-based rocket range.

North America's first frozen mummified remains of an ice age steppe bison, the 36,000 year-old mummy named "Blue Babe."

An abandoned aircraft sits submerged in a lake in the Alaska wilderness.

A trading post in the North Pole where children send letters.

This frozen tunnel in central Alaska is both an engineering feat and a valuable climate classroom.

The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.

Mind-blowing carvings and fantasy ice scenes grace the largest year-round ice environment in the world.

A supersonic jet stands on a pedestal in this rural village as a monument to military aviation.

A decaying, yet still functioning, work of communist architecture.

This building has two facades of clashing architectural designs.

Underneath this Byzantinian church lies a necropolis filled with ancient tombs and the ruins of previous churches.