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

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

Ring the bell to enter a bar that looks equal parts museum and old curiosity shop.

This restored Portuguese cafe may well be the most beautiful place in the world to grab a Big Mac.

A hidden medieval crypt where a famous legend says the devil used to teach black magic.

The facade of this 16th-century building is decorated with carvings of 300 seashells.

These magnificent city walls rise from the barren sun-baked Spanish plains like something straight out of a fairytale.

The hidden jewel of Disneyland: a members only playground for the Disney elite.

Allegedly haunted by Walt Disney himself, this inconspicuous lamp is always kept lit in his honor.

An unrealized Taoist palace left abandoned in a Houston suburb.

A three-story, three-dimensional hobo clown in a tutu welcomes CVS shoppers.

A ghost town at the airport is now a refuge for blue butterflies.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

This sculpture presents commentary on a life in pursuit of profits.

A church filled with the bones of hundreds of virgins martyrs—or so they say.

Three connected pink triangles memorialize persecuted gays and lesbians throughout history.

Only a few walls remain of the last church the Pilgrims used before they sailed to North America.

One of Jeff Koons’s largest sculptures and his first commemorative work.

The verdant mossy ruins of a Franciscan monastery lie in the remote Sintra hills awaiting exploration.

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

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

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

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

An ancient and majestic fortress that played an integral role in Portugal's road to independence.