Porto, Portugal
Carmo and Carmelitas Churches
A hidden three-foot-wide house separates these two regal churches.
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Porto, Portugal
A hidden three-foot-wide house separates these two regal churches.
Porto, Portugal
This restored Portuguese cafe may well be the most beautiful place in the world to grab a Big Mac.
Porto, Portugal
One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.
Porto, Portugal
Ancient catacombs form the foundation for this Rococo orgy of a church.
Porto, Portugal
Elaborate tile work in this railway station tells the story of Portugal.
Lisbon, Portugal
The world's oldest bookshop still in operation.
Lisbon, Portugal
Located in the thermoelectric factory that once powered the entire city, this Portuguese museum is shockingly fascinating.
Lisbon, Portugal
An early Portuguese serial killer's head is alarmingly well preserved in a jar at the University of Lisbon.
Évora, Portugal
A 16th century chapel decorated with bones, skulls, and entire bodies hanging from the wall.
Sintra, Portugal
This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.
Lisbon, Portugal
The scorched Lisbon church that survived two earthquakes and a massive fire.
Lisbon, Portugal
Legacy of the earthquake that nearly wiped Lisbon off the face of the Earth.
Lisbon, Portugal
This Industrial Age architectural and engineering gem helps visitors and residents alike traverse Lisbon, “The City of Seven Hills.”
Lisbon, Portugal
A king's pet, a pope's gift, an artist's inspiration, and a tragic shipwreck.
Tallinn, Estonia
Dedicated to the untimely death of American balloonist and parachutist.
Tartu, Estonia
Historic slum of Tartu.
Tallinn, Estonia
This dizzying tower was built to better broadcast the 1980 Moscow Olympics.
Tallinn, Estonia
Spend your honeymoon where the Devil had his wedding.
Tallinn, Estonia
Relics from an era long gone, sit idle outside this Estonian museum.
Tallinn, Estonia
Disused seaplane hangar gets a second life as the jaw-dropping home of Estonia's museum of maritime history.
Tallinn, Estonia
"There's nothing there," and other lies the KGB told us.
Nida, Lithuania
An extensive collection of some of the oldest grave markers in Lithuania.
Kaunas, Lithuania
This magnificent Art Deco church is a reflection of Lithuania’s turbulent history.
Klaipėda, Lithuania
A creepy statue of a hooded ghost hauls itself up from the water in a historic Lithuanian city.