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

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

Elaborately carved to showcase the glorious wealth that the age of exploration brought to the Portuguese empire.

This ancient theater was once the home of fierce gladiatorial battles.

Sky ships, planes, and portraits left as unique tokens of hope and thankfulness.

This statue of the great Argentinian car driver is located near a famous curve of the Monaco Grand Prix.

Bordered by forest on three sides and the ocean on the other, the Great Dune of Pilat is the highest sand dune in Europe.

This Bordeaux parking garage has 712 indoor spaces, and one outdoor.

The world's largest reflecting pool is just two centimeters deep.

In France, a medieval-style home pays homage to an intrepid explorer who discovered Québec.

On this romantic tidal island reachable only at low tide the tomb of a famous French writer overlooks the sea.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

The Lone Star plaque hangs in a bombed-out bunker in Normandy to honor a Texan colonel's heroic actions on D-Day.

A daring D-Day assault by U.S. Army Rangers is commemorated atop the high cliffs of this strategic point.

A memorial to the nearly 10,000 American soldiers laid to rest on the beaches of Normandy during WWII.

Before the electric telegraph, a chain of stone towers carried messages across France.

Romania's only crater lake with water as pure as if distilled.

This once-derelict building is now one of the most beautiful bookstores in the world.

This communist behemoth is the heaviest building in the world and a legacy of a brutal regime.

Romania's triumphal arch looks out over Bucharest.

A countryside Romanian cemetery filled with colorful crosses bearing lyrical, ironic, or satirical rhymes.

This Transylvanian church has changed its denomination four times.

This massive underground salt mine now holds a sci-fi theme park in its depths.

Once the legendary capital of the Dacian Kingdom, this city has been reduced to mere ruins.