Paris, France
Bibliothèque nationale de France (National Library of France)
This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.
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Paris, France
This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.
Paris, France
This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.
Paris, France
Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.
Paris, France
France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.
Paris, France
The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.
Lisbon, Portugal
This once-forgotten oasis in the middle of Lisbon was first created over a century ago quite by accident.
Lisbon, Portugal
One man's remarkable private collection of art from around the world.
Lisbon, Portugal
The best place in the world to buy tinned fish.
Lisbon, Portugal
One of the smallest bookstores on the planet.
Lisbon, Portugal
A garden in Lisbon filled with giant porcelain creatures.
Lisbon, Portugal
This Industrial Age architectural and engineering gem helps visitors and residents alike traverse Lisbon, “The City of Seven Hills.”
Lisbon, Portugal
The world's oldest bookshop still in operation.
Sintra, Portugal
This unreal Portuguese palace looks as though it's made from a pile of different castles.
Sintra, Portugal
This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.
Tangier, Morocco
Along the most northwestern point in Africa is an ancient cave surrounded by legends.
Melilla, Spain
A five-square-mile slice of Spain on the Mediterranean coast of North Africa.
Barcelona, Spain
A beautiful but toxic fountain of mercury.
Barcelona, Spain
This cemetery features modernist statues as strange as its name.
Bilbao, Spain
Giant topiary dog once played a role in a terrorist bomb plot.
Bilbao, Spain
This 19th-century fountain's namesake animal isn't what you think it is.
Malaga, Spain
Bold black and white motifs of life and death add a dramatic flair to this 17th-century crypt.
Malaga, Spain
This abandoned mansion has a window for every day of the year, and is a temple for ghost hunters.
Paracuellos de Jarama, Spain
The mysterious large white cross visible from the runway is a memorial to a massacre during Spanish Civil War.
Madrid, Spain
Shrapnel, dynamite, bullets and Franco couldn't destroy this bust, rescued and kept hidden as a family secret for over 40 years.