Alcantarilha, Portugal
Capela dos Ossos (Chapel of Bones)
This unassuming chapel in Portugal plays host to a ghoulish collection of bones.
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Alcantarilha, Portugal
This unassuming chapel in Portugal plays host to a ghoulish collection of bones.
Lisbon, Portugal
An exquisite collection of fairytale conveyances that puts most car museums to shame.
Lisbon, Portugal
Portugal's National Pantheon has a history of curses, collapses and financial problems.
Évora, Portugal
"Portugal's Stonehenge" is made up of nut-like stones aligned with the heavens.
Lisbon, Portugal
This now abandoned restaurant provides some of the most amazing views of Lisboa.
São Miguel, Portugal
When Azorean green tea meets volcanic hot springs water, a luminous brew is born.
Lisbon, Portugal
Located in the thermoelectric factory that once powered the entire city, this Portuguese museum is shockingly fascinating.
Tomar, Portugal
The medieval castle built as headquarters for the Pope's secretive Knights Templar.
Cascais, Portugal
A unique seaside cave where Aleister Crowley faked his own death.
Sintra, Portugal
An ancient and majestic fortress that played an integral role in Portugal's road to independence.
Lisbon, Portugal
A king's pet, a pope's gift, an artist's inspiration, and a tragic shipwreck.
Lisbon, Portugal
Ring the bell to enter a bar that looks equal parts museum and old curiosity shop.
Lisbon, Portugal
The world's oldest bookshop still in operation.
Évora, Portugal
A 16th century chapel decorated with bones, skulls, and entire bodies hanging from the wall.
Idanha-a-Nova, Portugal
Houses are tucked between, on, and underneath giant boulders.
Porto, Portugal
One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.
London, England
This intricately carved and hilariously huge bed was such a famous symbol both Shakespeare and Byron used it in their writing.
London, England
The sculpture of the deceased cockatoo flops atop its personal plinth.
London, England
The fierce beast perches atop a pedestal marking where the historic City of London gates once stood.
London, England
A famous burial ground with a history both grim and literary.
London, England
A labyrinth hides in plain sight at each of the city's 270 Tube stations.
London, England
A musical composition 1000 years in length plays at the Trinity Buoy Wharf in London.
London, England
The monster at the center of the Darwin Center Spirit Collection.
London, England
An small and easily overlooked archaeology museum chock full of Egyptian artifacts.