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Explore this medieval cathedral by trying to spot all the malevolent monsters hiding in its beautifully colored windows.

There has been an astronomical clock on this spot since the 14th century.

A pink sandstone column once used in ancient times to measure one's belly after a night of debauchery.

This 14th century wine cellar is home to the oldest barrel-stored wine in the world.

A neighborhood church's unusual abstract stained glass was the final project of avant-garde artist Jean Cocteau.

Its appearance in "Game of Thrones" may spur on the long-awaited restoration of this medieval shipyard.

A 16th-century Andalusian palace.

On a trail in Portugal's Barão de São João National Forest, a pile of faces look up at hikers from the forest floor.

Perhaps the most spectacular grotto along the Algarve coastline.

This unassuming chapel in Portugal plays host to a ghoulish collection of bones.

This small chapel is built of human bones and decorated with a golden skeleton.

Dead weights honor the dead of Portugal's fishing industry.

Considered the birthplace of the Copper Age and Bronze Age, the river is tinted red from 5,000 years of mining.

This amended headstone marks the grave of a participant in one of the most successful military deceptions of all time.

This abandoned gold mine found a second life as a post-apocalyptic film set.

This small Spanish village still pays homage to the Spaghetti Western films that were shot there in the 1960s.

An underground city of ancient quarry tunnels hid thousands of Allied soldiers in WWI.

A mosaic-tiled house built by graveyard sweeper Raymond Isidore.

The famous winding walk at Chartres is surrounded in mystery and myth.

A once drab public housing estate is transformed into a colorful gallery of trompe l’oeil murals.