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Iron Age runes and ruins hide in plain sight along this Portuguese beach.

Perhaps the most spectacular grotto along the Algarve coastline.

A perfectly circular lake is formed by the crater of an ancient underwater volcano.

Dead weights honor the dead of Portugal's fishing industry.

An early work of the architect Álvaro Siza Vieira, these swimming pools blend into the beach.

A marvel of technology a century ago, this disused power station now offers a lovely glimpse into the industrial design of the past.

This Hungarian stilt village is built in a lake that never freezes over due to the power plant that that uses it as a cooling pond.

At 16,627 feet above sea level, this unstaffed station is the highest in the world.