This restored Portuguese cafe may well be the most beautiful place in the world to grab a Big Mac.

A stunning 18th-century site where pilgrims ascend by a series of punishing stairs only to return via funicular.

The "Little Ones," show Portugal in full miniature splendor.

These 400-year-old ruins are all that's left of the monastery where Ines de Castro was assassinated by the King of Portugal.

A majestic hotel for dreamers rises from the center of a fairytale wood.

Nestled in the mountains of Portugal is a tiny village made almost entirely of schist.

This tower once served as a radar station during the Cold War.

A glacial valley filled with silver beech trees in the mountains of Portugal.

A display of torture devices used in the Spanish Inquisition and other scourges of medieval Europe.

This magnificent castle grew from a small Moorish fortress, and reportedly inspired two iconic Disney castles.

This religious complex carved into a cliff is steeped in legends of miraculous stags and the Holy Grail.

32,000 tiny soldiers are posed in 23 historical settings.

Abandoned Nazi train station turned underground astroparticle laboratory.

Beneath the city of Lourdes, France is a massive, concrete church.

After the owner of this Art Nouveau home died, it was turned into a museum displaying a lifetime dedicated to art.

One Portuguese poet described this cape, the westernmost point in mainland Europe, as "where the land ends and the sea begins."

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

In addition to showing films, this one-screen arthouse cinema from the late 1940s is a museum of old film equipment.

This museum contains a vast array of puppets and marionettes from all over the world, featuring incredible works by Portuguese creators.

The corpse bride of Portugal.

At night, bats patrol this magnificent 18th-century space in search of book-eating pests.

Explore a remarkable 35-hectare sculpture garden located an hour outside of Lisbon.

The walls of this small village have been turned into a living street art gallery.

Some 4,000 individual tiles make up this striking blue billboard from the golden age of air travel.