This restored Portuguese cafe may well be the most beautiful place in the world to grab a Big Mac.

After the queen of Spain had a dream where these statues fell and crushed her, they were removed from the palace and given new homes around Madrid.

Once a resting spot for King Fernando VII.

This unassuming bookstore in the heart of Madrid is one of the oldest in Spain.

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

Dublin's most modern, visually spectacular bridge is modeled after Ireland's national emblem.

These gigantic skeletons tower over visitors and provide insight into the creatures that once ruled over Ireland.

The comedy and tragedy of Oscar Wilde is preserved in a Dublin park, captured in a sculpture of colorful stone.

Experience what life was like in Ireland during the Viking and medieval ages.

Dublin's "Dead Zoo" serves as a window to Victorian museum design.

The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.

Revel in the Victorian splendor of the world's oldest eating establishment inside a museum.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

An off-the-beaten-path boutique stuffed with an eclectic collection of upcycled goods.

How did a French journalist’s grave become the sexiest statue in the cemetery?

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

The narrowest street in Paris.

This off-limits room in the National Library of France is home to a system of pneumatic tubes, once used to bring books to readers.

Original cabaret handbills, posters, and feline artwork are a purrfect highlight of the Museum of Montmartre.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.

In the best of all possible worlds, everyone will get a chance to see this statue in which Voltaire's heart is interred.

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

A hidden church in a hidden courtyard tells the story of the Miracle of Amsterdam.