Porto, Portugal
Banco de Materiais (Bank of Materials)
Building owners can take out tiles for free at this repository for historic building materials.
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Porto, Portugal
Building owners can take out tiles for free at this repository for historic building materials.
Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
This giant sculpture made of trash is a critique of society's wastefulness.
Lisbon, Portugal
This now abandoned restaurant provides some of the most amazing views of Lisboa.
Lisbon, Portugal
A garden in Lisbon filled with giant porcelain creatures.
Tomar, Portugal
The medieval castle built as headquarters for the Pope's secretive Knights Templar.
Portugal
This gaping hole in the middle of a remote mountain lake looks like a portal to another dimension.
Lisbon, Portugal
Legacy of the earthquake that nearly wiped Lisbon off the face of the Earth.
Évora, Portugal
A 16th century chapel decorated with bones, skulls, and entire bodies hanging from the wall.
Idanha-a-Nova, Portugal
Houses are tucked between, on, and underneath giant boulders.
Sintra, Portugal
This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.
Mmatshumo, Botswana
An enchanting rocky island of scraggly baobabs surrounded by an ancient sea and sprawling salt pans.
Mampikony, Madagascar
Giant disc-shaped gate took 20 men to close off this city in Madagascar.
La Palma, Spain
You can soak in three relaxing pools filled daily by the tide.
Icod de los Vinos, Spain
This local emblem is the oldest and largest dragon tree in the Canary Islands.
Peru
White llama terraces dazzle in Peru's "other Machu Picchu."
Peru
These giant mummies are set ominously into a Peruvian cliffside and topped with real human skulls.
Unyun pruwinsya, Peru
With nearly double the depth of the Grand Canyon, this Peruvian canyon is one of the deepest in the world.
Barcelona, Spain
This semi-secret storybook hedge maze is also the oldest garden in the city.
Dakar, Senegal
This unique religious structure is an architectural gem with arresting ocean views.
Rufisque, Senegal
This deceptively salty lake looks like blushing pink lemonade.
Urubamba, Peru
These steeply terraced ruins are a stop along the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu.
Pitumarca, Peru
A remote candy-striped mountain in the Peruvian Andes straight out of the pages of Dr. Seuss.
Budapest, Hungary
Central Europe's largest collection of mini-bottles is on display at this museum devoted to a bitter Hungarian liquor.
Budapest, Hungary
The abandoned "Red Star Train Graveyard" is the final rusting place for precious artifacts of train history.