Porto, Portugal
Livraria Lello
One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.
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Porto, Portugal
One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.
London, England
A statue marks the exact spot where The Boy Who Never Grows Up made his first literary appearance.
Capalbio, Italy
Gigantic mosaic sculptures of the figures on Tarot cards fill this colorful Tuscan garden.
Dublin, Ireland
This permanent collection of preserved bodies taken from Irish bogs is one of the leading authorities on such morbid mummies.
Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.
Cascais, Portugal
A unique seaside cave where Aleister Crowley faked his own death.
Lisbon, Portugal
A garden in Lisbon filled with giant porcelain creatures.
Lisbon, Portugal
This unique architectural wonder is also tied to one of the 20th-century's most renowned writers.
Lisbon, Portugal
This Industrial Age architectural and engineering gem helps visitors and residents alike traverse Lisbon, “The City of Seven Hills.”
Lisbon, Portugal
One man's remarkable private collection of art from around the world.
Porto, Portugal
Building owners can take out tiles for free at this repository for historic building materials.
Fleury-devant-Douaumont, France
This modern French ossuary contains the jumbled bones of 130,000 WWI soldiers.
Riga, Latvia
A black cat protests the City Guild in Riga's Old Town.
Nordkapp, Norway
At the very tippity-top of Europe is a cliff from which you can view the midnight sun.
Helsinki, Finland
An abstract monument to a symphonic composer.
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
5,000 skulls in memorial to those killed by the Khmer Rouge.
Da Nang, Vietnam
Home to the world's largest collection of ancient Champa's sculptural works, featuring many Hindu and Buddhist deities.
Xuzhou, China
These tiny statues form a terracotta army from China's Han dynasty.
Beijing, China
The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.
Beijing, China
The embalmed remains of the communist leader lie within a custom crystal coffin.
Ngong Ping, Hong Kong
Climb to the top of the world's largest seated bronze Buddha.
Hong Kong
The world's longest outdoor covered escalator system transports commuters through Hong Kong's hilly terrain.
Hong Kong
Teeming with illegal goods and services, this towering maze of vice is also a popular tourist accommodation.
Hong Kong
Taoism, Buddhist and Confucianism are all represented in this temple that claims to answer anyone's wishes.