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The largest and most famous wax anatomical collection anywhere in the world.

At the crypt of St. Mary of Eulogies and the Dead you are left alone to ponder mortality among piles of skulls.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

This 16th-century monastery has been turned into a surrealist architecture compound.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

Rome’s legendary peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.

A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.

The medieval town's star-shaped walls are geometrically dazzling, though not entirely impenetrable.

An ancient tomb that still stands in Portugal.

A neolithic tomb converted into a tiny chapel.

Pagan monument converted to Christianity with the population.

An honorary saint of the people, Maria Adelaide became an incorrupt corpse, the clothes intact, exhaling “a strong scent of roses.”

A majestic hotel for dreamers rises from the center of a fairytale wood.

"Portugal's Stonehenge" is made up of nut-like stones aligned with the heavens.

Local lore says the devil built this beautiful medieval bridge to help a fleeing bandit.

This crumbling Portuguese ruin overlooks the populace it once ruled.

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

This star-shaped military outpost is now simply trying to protect itself from neglect.

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

A small Portuguese cottage formed between boulders in the countryside.

Picturesque intersection of witchcraft and ancient Christianity.

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

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

Houses are tucked between, on, and underneath giant boulders.