This charming candle shop has been in business since 1789.

Legacy of the earthquake that nearly wiped Lisbon off the face of the Earth.

This unique architectural wonder is also tied to one of the 20th-century's most renowned writers.

The best place in the world to buy tinned fish.

Get in line for Lisbon’s most famous sandwich.

One of the smallest bookstores on the planet.

This Industrial Age architectural and engineering gem helps visitors and residents alike traverse Lisbon, “The City of Seven Hills.”

Despite the name, these small saltwater swimming pools have nothing to do with the Romans.

An abandoned set from the 1980 film "Popeye," claimed and repurposed as a theme park by creative locals.

These sprawling military housing quarters from the 1960s are now defunct and hidden in plain sight on Malta’s Mediterranean coast.

The floor of this spectacular Baroque sanctuary is covered in memento mori.

This almost-forgotten underground dungeon housed several convicts over the years, including Caravaggio.

The Jesus tree of Malta bears a striking resemblance to Christ on the cross.

Burial grounds for more than 1,000 bodies deep under the modern town of Rabat.

A World War II-era sign in Valletta is a reminder of when Malta was besieged so severely that food needed to be rationed.

Valletta’s outdoor theatre stands within the ruins of a 19th-century opera house.

The ruins of a megalithic monument sit right in the garden of a luxurious Maltese resort.

See Malta’s history through the recreation of scenes of torture using life-sized mannequins in a former medieval dungeon.

This garage is frozen in the late 1990s, full of rare and untouched cars and motorcycles.

This spectacular dome managed to survive after being bombed in World War II, in an event known as the "Miracle of Mosta."

Ancient mysterious ruts carved in the bedrock.

Where the people of Gozo have been doing laundry for more than six centuries.

This is one of the very few intact windmills built by the Knights of St. John in the island nation of Malta.

People have been making salt here using traditional methods for centuries.