In the Monastery of São Vicente resides a gallery devoted to a breathtaking collection of seashells.

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

This unique architectural wonder is also tied to one of the 20th-century's most renowned writers.

The best place in the world to buy tinned fish.

Get in line for Lisbon’s most famous sandwich.

The man-made mound once voted the best landmark in the UK.

London’s first road overpass is so old that it was originally built for horse-drawn carriages.

The museum within the Kom-Ombo Temple complex houses mummified crocodiles and mummified crocodile eggs.

A seemingly abandoned store in central Manchester with a lengthy backstory.

The construction of this bridge dates back to the 15th century.

Two of Manchester’s oldest buildings were moved twice.

The small bright red pillar survived the 1996 Manchester bombing virtually unscathed.

An obscure walkway dedicated to a scientist who helped pave the way for the world to sit up and take notice of Manchester.

This nondescript building hides an entrance to an underground nuclear tunnel system.

This bronze statue honors one of the leaders of the suffragette movement in the United Kingdom.

Two of the most notable names in automobile history are commemorated at the place where they're said to have first met.

The city of Manchester quietly unveiled this tribute to a 19th-century massacre.

Once used to protect important Roman trade routes.

This building's name and a plaque are all that's left of what was probably the most important nightclub of the Madchester music scene.

Manchester salvaged this sculpture of the adopted Mancunian when it was no longer wanted in Ukraine.

A giant wooden soda bottle pays homage to a distinctly British drink on the very spot where it was invented.

Despite having a dome made of papier-mâché this tiny observatory has survived for over a century.

This bronze sculpture represents the helpless, hapless, and the damned who have passed through Piccadilly station since it opened in 1842

The remnants of a depressing public toilet are now a hub of ever evolving street art.