This Industrial Age architectural and engineering gem helps visitors and residents alike traverse Lisbon, “The City of Seven Hills.”

The world's oldest bookshop still in operation.

Little-known artist couple chose a former silk factory as the location for a museum dedicated to their work and other avant-garde art.

Step back in time at this 19th-century kiosk.

The original version of Porto's most famous sandwich is just as good here as it was a century ago.

An icon of the city, this chapel features an amazing dome ceiling and offers panoramic views.

This ship offers visitors the chance to spend the night aboard a former floating hospital for fishermen.

The unluckiest U-boat in the entire German fleet is now on display in a Chicago museum.

The history of drinking is told through 1,800 cups, chalices, and glasses at this exhibit.

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

A replica of the Roman emperor in glorious full color.

An honorary saint of the people, Maria Adelaide became an incorrupt corpse, the clothes intact, exhaling “a strong scent of roses.”

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

The oldest headstone in Connecticut.

The vaguely man-shaped root that ate the body of the founder of Rhode Island.

The site of the largest mass execution in Rhode Island history, haunted by the ghosts of hanged pirates.

An ode to Japanese artist Hokusai, with a bit of a comical twist.

The final resting place of the famous Rhode Island lighthouse keeper who heroically saved dozens of people from drowning.

Off a hiking trail in Rhode Island stands a picturesque memorial to a long-forgotten war.

This plaque honors the unsung Black songstress once known as the “greatest singer of her race.”

Books bound in human skin and H. P. Lovecraft's letters are among a few of the treasures this library has to offer.

A giant green dragon crawls down from the roof of the Providence Children's Museum.

This bookstore for weird fiction doubles as Providence’s de facto center for information about H.P. Lovecraft.

The secluded beach getaway from Wes Anderson's dreamy summer romance.