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

In addition to showing films, this one-screen arthouse cinema from the late 1940s is a museum of old film equipment.

One of the largest Roman settlements in Portugal.

Behind this unmarked facade lies the original bomba—a crunchy orb of fried mashed potatoes stuffed with minced meat.

Grab a slice of Catalonia’s famous flatbread in a space with ancient Roman roots.

An open-air "garden" of mural art that changes weekly.

This generously endowed statue once stood guard outside a Roman home.

This modest marker near Notre Dame identifies the very center of Paris.

Paris' linguistic guide to the international language of, yes, love.

A model train wonderland hidden beneath Gare de l'Est station.

Order a boozy baba au rhum at the oldest patisserie in Paris.

The location of this small park was once the site of an infamous public morgue.

Perfume museum and library.

After immigrating to Paris in the 1970s, two brothers from Laos built a grocery store empire.

The man who introduced reinforced concrete to the world demonstrated its genius by using it to build his own house.

The cutest way to stay safe in traffic.

Iron Age runes and ruins hide in plain sight along this Portuguese beach.

An early work of the architect Álvaro Siza Vieira, these swimming pools blend into the beach.

The original version of Porto's most famous sandwich is just as good here as it was a century ago.

The stunning interior of this Gothic church is covered in ornate gold details.

A second generation sun-powered marvel lights up the night.

This fairy-tale, neo-Gothic church in the Azores is a world of magical realism.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

Perhaps the most spectacular grotto along the Algarve coastline.