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An exquisite collection of fairytale conveyances that puts most car museums to shame.

A small but charming botanical garden that contains many exotic plant species.

This unassuming chapel in Portugal plays host to a ghoulish collection of bones.

The medieval castle built as headquarters for the Pope's secretive Knights Templar.

A stunning 18th-century site where pilgrims ascend by a series of punishing stairs only to return via funicular.

Located in the thermoelectric factory that once powered the entire city, this Portuguese museum is shockingly fascinating.

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

A hidden three-foot-wide house separates these two regal churches.

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

Picturesque intersection of witchcraft and ancient Christianity.

In Portugal, a secluded stretch of untouched natural beauty hides at the bottom of a steep hill.

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

A unique seaside cave where Aleister Crowley faked his own death.

A garden in Lisbon filled with giant porcelain creatures.

An ancient and majestic fortress that played an integral role in Portugal's road to independence.

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

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

This small chapel is built of human bones and decorated with a golden skeleton.

This once-forgotten oasis in the middle of Lisbon was first created over a century ago quite by accident.

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

Perhaps the most spectacular grotto along the Algarve coastline.

This unreal Portuguese palace looks as though it's made from a pile of different castles.

This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.

A 16th century chapel decorated with bones, skulls, and entire bodies hanging from the wall.