Lisbon, Portugal
Livraria Bertrand
The world's oldest bookshop still in operation.
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Lisbon, Portugal
The world's oldest bookshop still in operation.
Lisbon, Portugal
Legacy of the earthquake that nearly wiped Lisbon off the face of the Earth.
Évora, Portugal
A 16th century chapel decorated with bones, skulls, and entire bodies hanging from the wall.
Sintra, Portugal
This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.
Idanha-a-Nova, Portugal
Houses are tucked between, on, and underneath giant boulders.
Cascais, Portugal
A unique seaside cave where Aleister Crowley faked his own death.
Cáceres, Spain
The tallest tower in Cáceres's Old Town.
Cáceres, Spain
Fragments of human bones are embedded in the walls of this quaint alley.
Cáceres, Spain
A strange anthropomorphic stele with a mysterious inscription that has never been deciphered.
Cáceres, Spain
The largest medieval water tank on the Iberian Peninsula is preserved beneath the Cáceres Museum.
Cáceres, Spain
An old wool-washing house filled with Fluxus contemporary art.
Manzanares el Real, Spain
A magnificent, long-abandoned castle built in the wake of the reconquest of Spain.
Manzanares el Real, Spain
This species of wild goat stars in witchy legends and frolics among the park's eerie rock formations.
Segovia, Spain
A controversial art piece that harkens back to local folklore.
Segovia, Spain
One of the few remaining ancient aqueducts described by Frontinus as 'the most solemn testimony of the Empire.'
Las Majadas, Spain
"Alleys of Stone" form natural mazes in Spanish natural park.
Mohorte, Spain
Walls of stone rise up from sinkholes caused by underwater erosion.
Cuenca, Spain
Geological storytelling.
Cuenca, Spain
Cliffside houses provide a spectacular view from their perch above the valley.
Buendía, Spain
Numerous sculptures set along hiking trails symbolize and idealize the relationship between man and nature.
Santa Coloma de Cervelló, Spain
The abandoned ruins of a beautiful medieval castle just outside Barcelona.
Corbera d'Ebre, Spain
The ruins of a bombed medieval village memorialize the destruction of the Spanish Civil War.
Antwerp, Belgium
Rare wooden escalators lead deep down into an otherwise staggeringly monotonous tiled tunnel.
Sauve, France
This French "sea of rocks" is packed with stunning rock formations and its own medieval castle.