This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.

One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.

This castle has links to Portugal’s founding and struggles for independence.

"Portugal's Stonehenge" is made up of nut-like stones aligned with the heavens.

A 16th century chapel decorated with bones, skulls, and entire bodies hanging from the wall.

Hidden beneath a beautiful overlook you’ll find the history of the city depicted in comic strip format next to a pay toilet.

Entire apothecaries are on display at this Lisbon museum, which explores the history of medicine.

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

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

Thousands of pieces of art have been carved into the rock at the site of an ancient volcanic eruption.

It's easy to see why this eclectic architectural wonder has been dubbed the "Spaceship House."

Albuquerque found the perfect use for tumbleweeds at Christmastime.

When life gave this firefighter a forest fire, he made a rough-hewn sculpture park using a chainsaw.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

This historic castle is one of the oldest and most impressive in all of Japan.

See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.

Legend holds eating just one of these black eggs can add seven years to one's life.

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

Devoted Buddhists can earn enlightenment in the next life by crawling through this symbolic nostril.

This mesmerizingly colorful pond looks like a scene straight out of a fairytale.

This ancient village provides insight into the complexity of the pre-Columbian Fremont Culture.

This village is home to the largest existing settlement of the Ainu, the Indigenous people of Japan.

An errant donkey ushered in a new era of mining in Nevada.

This once bustling boomtown hotel is now the hottest spot in Nevada for ghost hunters.