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In Portugal, a secluded stretch of untouched natural beauty hides at the bottom of a steep hill.

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

A garden in Lisbon filled with giant porcelain creatures.

Perhaps the most spectacular grotto along the Algarve coastline.

This gaping hole in the middle of a remote mountain lake looks like a portal to another dimension.

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

The stunning interior of this Gothic church is covered in ornate gold details.

The world's oldest bookshop still in operation.

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

Houses are tucked between, on, and underneath giant boulders.

Legacy of the earthquake that nearly wiped Lisbon off the face of the Earth.

This island at Coburg Lake Reserve is home to a sizable, very visible colony of Australian white ibis.

This giant, granite purse is one of Melbourne's most unique and distinctive pieces of public art.

Is there such thing as too many fruit bats? Not anymore.

You'll find the little birds tucked within the rocks of this Australian beach.

This gracefully curving formation looks like a massive wave that was suddenly turned to stone.

A castle hand-built by a Spanish dreamer in the Australian tropical jungle.

An Australian lake whose pink hue defies scientific explanation.

A rare specimen of an iconic extinct animal in downtown Sydney.

Native Australian lizards inhabit this garden celebrating Sydney and its sister city in China.

Cockatoo Island is a Heritage-listed island in the middle of Sydney Harbour.

A boardwalk winds through this sliver of coastal nature hidden within Sydney.

Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!

This secret Australian garden was built on love after a man planted a random bulb he found in the ocean.