This handsomely carved wooden church is more than 800 years old.

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

Portugal's National Pantheon has a history of curses, collapses and financial problems.

The world's oldest bookshop still in operation.

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

Get in line for Lisbon’s most famous sandwich.

Order cookies baked by cloistered nuns in a 400-year-old monastery.

An Antoni Gaudí masterpiece in Astorga.

Eat the ultimate iteration of Portugal's most beloved pastry.

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

Elaborately carved to showcase the glorious wealth that the age of exploration brought to the Portuguese empire.

A king's pet, a pope's gift, an artist's inspiration, and a tragic shipwreck.

Hidden beneath a beautiful overlook you’ll find the history of the city depicted in comic strip format next to a pay toilet.

Stormy conditions send jets of seawater bursting through holes in the cliffs.

An automaton perched above an classic clock and watch store

This Swiss cemetery is reserved for people who died in climbing accidents.

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

This historic Boston building has gone from personal estate to porn theater and back again.

The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.

The former site of an all-but-forgotten colonial landmark is now remembered by an often overlooked bas relief.

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

One of Madrid's most beloved statues is of an anonymous citizen.

This enigmatic Iberian sculpture of uncertain origin may have once guarded a burial site.

The oldest restaurant in the world is this old-world Spanish eatery, still known for its suckling pig.