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

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

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

The world's oldest bookshop still in operation.

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

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

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

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

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

An ancient Egyptian temple in the middle of Madrid, Spain.

Step inside the first house designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí, considered to be one of the first Art Nouveau buildings.

Gaze upon chocolate sculptures depicting everything from chariot races to Gaudí's famous church at this shrine to sweets.

An unusual stroll through gentlemen's erotica demonstrates that pornography is timeless.

Mountain where Jesus was first tempted by the Devil.

A beautiful but toxic fountain of mercury.

This cemetery features modernist statues as strange as its name.

These secluded and abandoned anti-aircraft defenses have become one the most scenic viewpoints in Barcelona.

Three bridges and one giant canyon make up this fantastic Spanish settlement.

This semi-secret storybook hedge maze is also the oldest garden in the city.

The skulls and bones of thousands of soldiers line the walls of this small Italian chapel.

In one of the smallest countries in the world stands an original Salvador Dalí sculpture.

Some of the smallest works of art in existence.

A museum of tiny buildings in the tiny country of Andorra.

Extensive Orthodox icon collection in Andorra.