An unassuming music museum recounts the rags to riches story of a dramatic Portuguese genre.

One Portuguese poet described this cape, the westernmost point in mainland Europe, as "where the land ends and the sea begins."

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

Eat the ultimate iteration of Portugal's most beloved pastry.

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

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.

A king's pet, a pope's gift, an artist's inspiration, and a tragic shipwreck.

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

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

An underground tropical garden sits inside a Paris Métro Station.

A popular shrine where the Blessed Virgin allegedly appeared in 1830, displaying a holy armchair and two incorruptible remains of Lady Saints.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

Along the most northwestern point in Africa is an ancient cave surrounded by legends.

A sign marks where the two bodies of water meet.

Known to backpackers as the "Steps of Doom," this walkway carved into the side of a seaside cliff leads to the Roman Tombs.

Ancient Phoenician and Roman tombs carved into the rock overlook the Moroccan coastline.

The tomb of one of the greatest travelers in history.

Local authorities nearly destroyed this mural before a viral video rallied international support to save it.

Writers such as Paul Bowles, William Burroughs, and Samuel Beckett frequented this Tangier bookstore.

Nobody knows what this saucer-like ancient Egyptian object was for.

Hundreds of thousands of ancient documents offer a unique glimpse into Jewish life in Cairo.

The massive cave church of Cairo's Zabbaleen community is one of the largest Christian churches in the Middle East.